Cuba, An African Odyssey

Alternative title: Cuba, Une Odyssee Africaine
Synopsis: Using archive footage and personal accounts, this film tells the story of the Cold War through the prism of its least known theatre: Africa. From 1961 to 1991, this continent was the battleground for a war between four competing and opposing interests: the Soviet Union which sought to extend its influence; the U.S. interested in capturing Africa’s natural resources; former European colonial empires; and young African nations trying to defend their newly-won independence. Called on to help these new nations in their revolutionary struggle, Cuba played a central, yet little known, role in supporting African national liberation. From Che Guevara’s military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries in one of the Cold War’s most vigorous contests over resources and ideology.CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY attempts to understand the world today through the saga of these internationalists who won every battle but finally lost the war.
Language: English
Country: France
Year of release: 2008
Year of production: 2007
Subjects: Development studies; History; Politics & government
Keywords: Africa; Angola; Castro, Fidel; Cold War; colonial history; Congo; Cuba; Guinea-Bissau; revolutions (political); Guevara, Che; political geography; Lumumba, Patrice

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