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Behind the Rainbow
Can the deal between South Africa’s old apartheid regime and its new government withstand the test of time?
The story of Cuba’s support for African revolutions reveals one of the Cold War’s most vigorous contests over resources and ideology.
Jihan El-Tahri was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and is an award-winning writer/director and producer. She received her MA in political science from the American University in Cairo. From 1984 to 1990, she worked as a news correspondent covering politics in the Middle East with U.S. News and World Report and Reuters. She has produced and directed numerous… Show more
Tancrède Ramonet is a co-founder and producer of Temps Noir. In 2002, he produced a seven-hour interview with Fidel Castro for Histoire TV channel. For over four years, he has produced documentary films that examine social issues and historical roots of the contemporary world for French educational television as well as international broadcasters.… Show more
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From Che Guevara’s military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. Cuba, an African Odyssey is the previously untold story of Cuba’s support for African revolutions, one of the Cold War’s most vigorous contests over resources and ideology.
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