...Like the Congo(which later became Zaire) Angolas natural - TopicsExpress



          

...Like the Congo(which later became Zaire) Angolas natural resources-including oil and diamonds - its size and strategic location made it a prize so tempting that the big powers did not for a moment dream of leaving its future direction to the Angolans. But unlike the Congo Angola had a powerfully intellectual leader - the poet/doctor/guerrilla fighter Agostinho Neto, whose lifes work was to give Angolans their independence and who dared to take the high risk of inviting the Cuban military to Angola to help safeguard it and prevent a breakdown of society as had happened in Congo before and after the death of Patrice Lumumba...
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:25:37 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015