Southern Africa: A Smuggled Account from a Guerrilla Fighter

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Creator

Africa Research Group

Place Created

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date

Undated, about late 1969

Type of Item

Pamphlet

Length/duration

4 pages

Description

The pamphlet consists of an article reprint from Ramparts magazine (Vol. 8 Num. 4, October 1969). The article discusses the experiences of an ANC (African National Congress) guerrilla in a joint force with the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) fighting against the Ian Smith regime. The story was obtained by Ramparts from the ANC through the Africa Research Group. The introduction discusses the opening of a guerrilla front in Zimbabwe, which means there is a continuous front of armed struggle from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic: Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and the sporadic guerrilla activity in South West Africa and the Caprivi strip. The pamphlet discusses the Wankie area, United...

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Organization

Africa Research Group

Coverage Africa

Angola
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Danny Schechter, Sam Barnes and Robert Maurer, former members of Africa Research Group.

Collection

Private collection of David Wiley and Christine Root