Cuba and Africa, 1959-1994 : writing an alternative Atlantic history /

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Cuba and Africa, 1959-1994 goes beyond the military interventions that decisively shaped African political history. Each chapter presents a case study- from Algeria to Angola, to Equatorial Guinea to the Congo, and shows the multiplicity of African-Cuban relations - humanitarian and medical, scienti...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bonacci, Giulia (Editor), Delmas, Adrien (Editor), Argyriadis, Kali (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Since 1960
International relations.
Politics and government.
Africa > Relations > Cuba.
Cuba > Relations > Africa.
Africa > History > 1960-
Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
Afrique > Relations > Cuba.
Cuba > Relations > Afrique.
Afrique > Histoire > 1960-
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement > 1960-
Africa.
Cuba.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • FRONT COVER
  • TITLE PAGE
  • COPYRIGHT
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES AND TABLE
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS
  • MAP OF AFRICA, 1994
  • INTRODUCTION Reconfiguring the Cuba-Africa Encounter
  • PART I. POLITICS AND SOLIDARITY
  • CHAPTER 1 Cubans in Algiers: The political uses of memory
  • CHAPTER 2 Cuban Policy and African Politics: Congo-Brazzaville and Angola, 1963-1977
  • CHAPTER 3 Motivation and Legacies of the Cuban Presence in Equatorial Guinea from 1969 to the Present
  • CHAPTER 4 Cuban Internationalism in Africa: Civil cooperation with Angola and its aftermath
  • PART II. TRAJECTORIES
  • CHAPTER 5 The Experience of Multidisciplinary Research into Angola's National Question: Anthropology in a war context
  • CHAPTER 6 Cuban-Congolese Families: From the Fizi-Baraka underground to Havana
  • PART III. VOICES
  • CHAPTER 7 Atlantic Voices: Imagination and sound dialogue between Congolese and Cuban singers in the 1950s
  • CHAPTER 8 Cultural Diplomacy in the Cold War: Musical dialogues between Cuba and West Africa, 1960-1970
  • PART IV. RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY, RECONNECTING ROOTS
  • CHAPTER 9 The Construction of a Spiritual Filiation from Havana to Ile-Ife
  • CHAPTER 10 The Island, the Peninsula, and the Continent: Cuban American engagements with Africa
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX
  • BACK COVER

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