Lara Pawson

In the Name of the People (eBook, PDF)

Angola's Forgotten Massacre

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

On 27th May 1977, a small demonstration against the MPLA, the ruling party of Angola - led to the slaughter of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people. These dreadful reprisals are little talked of in Angola today - and virtually unknown outside the country. In this book, journalist Lara Pawson tracks down the story of what really happened in the aftermath of that fateful day. In a series of vivid encounters, she talks to eyewitnesses, victims and even perpetrators of the violent and confusing events of the 27th May and the following weeks and months. From London to Lisbon to Luanda, she meets those who continue to live in the shadow of the appalling events of 40 years ago and who - in most cases - have been too afraid to speak about them before. As well as shedding light on the events of 1977, this book contributes to a deeper understanding of modern Angola - its people and its politics; past, present and future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857723734
• Artikelnr.: 59250887

Autorenporträt

Lara Pawson is a freelance journalist, who worked for the BBC World Service from 1998 to 2007 reporting from Mali, Ivory Coast and Sao Tome and Principe.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction                                                                                                                           
PART I 1          Meeting
Maria                                                                                   
                        2          In the shadow of DISA          
                                                                                   
3          The saboteurs, the parasites, the
opportunists                                                           
4          When normal things don't go
normally                                                                      
5          Fascism was finished. Socialism had
begun                                                    6          Just
like the
movies                                                                                                   
7          The
brother                                                                                                                
8          Sounds of microfiche                                     
                                                9          Never meet your
heroes                                                                                             
10        Sent to
Cuba                                                                                                              
11        Closing in on the
kill                                                                                                  
PART II 12        So many
dragonflies                                                                                                   
13        Saved by a
poet                                                                                                          
14        To
Sambizanga                                                                                                           
15        The little red
book                                                                                                      
            16        Kilometre
14                                                                                                              
17        Cold War
paradox                                                                                                      
18       
Appearances                                                                                                               
19        A death
camp                                                                                                 
20        Metamorphoses of the
enemy                                                                                   
21        On the
beach                                                                                                              
22        How our heads are
formed                                                                                         
PART III 23        Loose ends     
                                                                                                           
24        A Cuban
connection                                                                                                  
Epilogue                                                                                                                                 
Notes                                                                                                                                      
Bibliography