Cuba - An African Odyssey

The hitherto largely ignored history of Cuba’s support for African liberation struggles: from Che Guevara’s campaign of retaliation in the Congo following Lumumba’s assassination to the end of Apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. A look at an unusual Cold War setting: with spectacular, rarely shown archive footage of Nelson Mandela and Che Guevara.

Discussion with Jihan El-Tahri