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Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End

Africa's Children Return!

Isaac Saney

Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid’s End: Africa's Children Return! examines the history and impressive dimensions of the Cuban Revolution’s solidarity with Africa. Cuba’s role in the southern African national liberation and anti-colonial struggle was the largest and most consequential manifestation of the island’s commitment to Africa. A key moment was the 1987–1988 battle of Cuito Cuanavale, which involved Cuba and Angola on one side, and South Africa and its allies on the other. Cuito Cuanavale contributed the end of apartheid and has assumed legendary status within the Cuban Revolution and the southern African liberation movement.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 364 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-9131-7 • Hardback • February 2023 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
978-1-4985-9133-1 • Paperback • January 2025 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-9132-4 • eBook • January 2023 • $40.50 • (£30.00)
Series: Lexington Studies on Cuba
Subjects: History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Political Science / World / African, Political Science / Geopolitics, Social Science / World / Africa, Social Science / World / Latin America

Isaac Saney is a Cuba and Black studies specialist and historian at Dalhousie University.

Chapter 1: Cuba’s Internationalism and the Global South

Chapter 2: Setting the Stage

Chapter 3: The Road to Cuito Cuanavale

Chapter 4: The Battle for Cuito Cuanavale

Chapter 5: Aftermath: Military Consequences

Chapter 6: Aftermath: Namibia and South Africa

Chapter 7: Aftermath: Impact on the Botha Regime

Chapter 8: Cuba as Africa, Africa as Cuba

Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid’s End is a definitive account of Cuba’s role in the liberation of southern Africa, especially South Africa and Namibia, centering on the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. Isaac Saney skillfully and meticulously chronicles the internationalism of the Cuban government and its people to repay Cuba’s debt to Africa, the ancestral homeland of so many of its citizens.


— Hakim Adi, University of Chichester; author of African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History


Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End deserves to be very widely read.


— Wayne Dooling, SOAS University of London; author of Slavery, Emancipation and Colonial Rule in South Africa


Cuba, Africa and Apartheid's End is a significant contribution to the understanding of events in southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s.


— Robert Ross, professor emeritus, University of Leiden


Isaac Saney offers an authoritative account of Cuba’s role in liberating Namibia and South Africa that is centred on the battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988). With skilful attention to detail and a meticulous use of sources, the book exposes the full breath of Cuba’s internationalism and updates the historical and symbolic ties between the Caribbean island and the African continent.


— International Affairs


Isaac Saney offers an authoritative account of Cuba’s role in liberating Namibia and South Africa that is centred on the battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988). With skilful attention to detail and a meticulous use of sources, the book exposes the full breath of Cuba’s internationalism and updates the historical and symbolic ties between the Caribbean island and the African continent... this book offers a good example of the importance of the historian’s meticulous craft, as well as the significance of the Africa – Diaspora relationship and its Pan African ambition to our understanding of today’s world.


— Australian Outlook


For more information, check out this interview with the author.



Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End

Africa's Children Return!

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Summary
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  • Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid’s End: Africa's Children Return! examines the history and impressive dimensions of the Cuban Revolution’s solidarity with Africa. Cuba’s role in the southern African national liberation and anti-colonial struggle was the largest and most consequential manifestation of the island’s commitment to Africa. A key moment was the 1987–1988 battle of Cuito Cuanavale, which involved Cuba and Angola on one side, and South Africa and its allies on the other. Cuito Cuanavale contributed the end of apartheid and has assumed legendary status within the Cuban Revolution and the southern African liberation movement.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 364 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-4985-9131-7 • Hardback • February 2023 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
    978-1-4985-9133-1 • Paperback • January 2025 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-4985-9132-4 • eBook • January 2023 • $40.50 • (£30.00)
    Series: Lexington Studies on Cuba
    Subjects: History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Political Science / World / African, Political Science / Geopolitics, Social Science / World / Africa, Social Science / World / Latin America
Author
Author
  • Isaac Saney is a Cuba and Black studies specialist and historian at Dalhousie University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Cuba’s Internationalism and the Global South

    Chapter 2: Setting the Stage

    Chapter 3: The Road to Cuito Cuanavale

    Chapter 4: The Battle for Cuito Cuanavale

    Chapter 5: Aftermath: Military Consequences

    Chapter 6: Aftermath: Namibia and South Africa

    Chapter 7: Aftermath: Impact on the Botha Regime

    Chapter 8: Cuba as Africa, Africa as Cuba

Reviews
Reviews
  • Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid’s End is a definitive account of Cuba’s role in the liberation of southern Africa, especially South Africa and Namibia, centering on the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. Isaac Saney skillfully and meticulously chronicles the internationalism of the Cuban government and its people to repay Cuba’s debt to Africa, the ancestral homeland of so many of its citizens.


    — Hakim Adi, University of Chichester; author of African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History


    Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End deserves to be very widely read.


    — Wayne Dooling, SOAS University of London; author of Slavery, Emancipation and Colonial Rule in South Africa


    Cuba, Africa and Apartheid's End is a significant contribution to the understanding of events in southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s.


    — Robert Ross, professor emeritus, University of Leiden


    Isaac Saney offers an authoritative account of Cuba’s role in liberating Namibia and South Africa that is centred on the battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988). With skilful attention to detail and a meticulous use of sources, the book exposes the full breath of Cuba’s internationalism and updates the historical and symbolic ties between the Caribbean island and the African continent.


    — International Affairs


    Isaac Saney offers an authoritative account of Cuba’s role in liberating Namibia and South Africa that is centred on the battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988). With skilful attention to detail and a meticulous use of sources, the book exposes the full breath of Cuba’s internationalism and updates the historical and symbolic ties between the Caribbean island and the African continent... this book offers a good example of the importance of the historian’s meticulous craft, as well as the significance of the Africa – Diaspora relationship and its Pan African ambition to our understanding of today’s world.


    — Australian Outlook


Features
Features
  • For more information, check out this interview with the author.



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