Xan Smiley on uprising in Shaba, Zaire
- Title
- Xan Smiley on uprising in Shaba, Zaire
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 17 May 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:55
- Description
- Reporter, Xan Smiley on the background to the conflict in the Shaba province of Zaire. He says Shaba is a thousand miles from Kinshasa and is the richest area of Zaire because of its copper resources. The forces helping the Katangese rebels are from pro-Soviet Angola. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Xan Smiley
- Keywords
- Politics; Africa; Zaire; Katanga; Civil war (concept); Kenneth Kaunda; Shaba; Mobuto Sese Seko
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