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Fidel Castro and Africa's Liberation Struggle
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2020
Summary
The post-1959 Cuban government’s engagement with Africa, which was led by its charismatic and revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, had two connecting dimensions: military internationalism and humanitarian internationalism. While African states and societies benefited immensely from these engagements, it was Fidel Castro’s military assistance towards the decolonization of and the pushback of Apartheid South Africa that received the loudest attention and ovation in the developing world. Fidel Castro, this book argues, was never motivated by economic, selfish, or geopolitical considerations; but rather, by the altruism and the certainty of his worldview and by the historical connection between the peoples of Cuba and Africa. The principle of international solidary, socialism, and the emancipation of Africa was a much-desired aspiration and attainment. Beginning covertly in Algeria in 1961 and the Congo and Guinea-Bissau in 1964; and more conspicuously in Angola in 1975, Fidel Castro and his socialist government was at the forefront supporting liberation movements in their struggle against colonialism. Defining Castro’s engagement with Africa was his support for the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the United States-backed Apartheid South Africa, which supported the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1145-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1146-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
212
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Abbreviations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
1 Cuban Internationalism No access
2 Castro and Cabral No access
3 Fidel Castro and the Moment of Change in Africa No access
4 Fidel Castro No access
5 Fidel Castro’s Traits and US-Cuba Foreign Policy Engagements in Africa No access
6 The Geographic Footprints of Castro’s Cuba in Africa No access
7 Beyond Fidel Castro’s Cuba and Zimbabwe’s Bilateral Relations No access
8 Communism and Revolution in Africa No access
9 The Human and Economic Cost of the African Liberation Struggle on Cuba No access
10 Enduring Ideas of Cuban Communists No access
Conclusion No access Pages 185 - 196
Index No access Pages 197 - 208
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 209 - 212
