Why Africa Cannot Abandon Cuba By Femi Falana INTRODUCTIONFollowing the 1959 Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro made solidarity with Africa a corner stone of the foreign policy of Cuba.
Hence, the government developed interest in the By Femi Falana INTRODUCTION Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro made solidarity with Africa a corner stone of the foreign policy of Cuba.
In 1961, Cuba sent a military mission to the Kwame Nkrumah government in Ghana.
And following the independence of Algeria in 1962, Cuba sent military assistance and medical supplies to the Algerian National Liberation Front.
The visit of Ernesto Che Guevara to the progressive movements in the Portuguese colonies in 1964 consolidated the involvement of Cuba in African affairs. A year later, Che Guevara was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to offer his knowledge and experience as a guerrilla fighter. CUBA’S SUPPORT FOR LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN AFRICA Cuba became a strong ally of the defunct Organization for African Unity and the African Union in the struggle against colonialism and apartheid. In justifying Cuba’s internationalist foreign policy and deployment of troops to support anti-colonial and anti-apartheid movements across Africa, Fidel Castro famously stated, “African blood flows freely through our veins.
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