The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Nineteen-seventy-nine had been a year of American setbacks around the globe. Before the year began, Cuban troops were already roaming Angola, and… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When the nuclear weapons were sent to the racist South African government, where a few million white people subjugated more than 13… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
“To understand our world, we must use a revolving globe and look at the earth from various vantage points. If we do… — Ryszard Kapuściński Copy Share Image
The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
There was always news coming back to the quarter about someone who had been killed or sent to prison for killing someone… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
The role that Cuba played and the lives of those 2,077 Cubans, whose mothers and families mourn for having lost their children… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums, and a light rain had started to fall when I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but… — Mia Farrow Copy Share Image
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age… — Louis Leakey Copy Share Image
Like the amazing story of Anthony Johnson. This man was a slave, then became free, accumulated 250 acres, and even had his… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise was that a country like Angola, that has so much money, that produces so much oil, would be in… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I think it's just been a core part of the Cuban revolution to have a very high level of internationalism. I mean,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
South Africa, with US support, after the fall of the Portuguese empire, invaded Angola and Mozambique to establish their own puppet regime… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and… — Louis Leakey Copy Share Image
