This two-day event commemorates the 25th anniversary of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, a decisive moment in the struggle against apartheid. Featuring visiting scholars and activists from Cuba and elsewhere who participated in Cuba’s anti-apartheid action.
William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto, 45 Wilcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario
September 27, 7-10pm
Film screening of Isaac Saney’s Brothers and Sisters Keeper: Cuba and Southern African Liberation, followed by panel discussion
September 28, 8:30-5pm
Panels and keynote presentations on the following topics:
- Apartheid’s War of Terror
- Cuban and Southern African Liberation
- The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
- The Legacies of Liberation Struggle
PANELISTS INCLUDE
- Maria Elena Alvarez (distinguished professor of African History, Institute of International Relations, University of Havana)
- Piero Gleijeses (Professor of U.S. Foreign Policy and Johns Hopkins University, and 2005 Guggenheim Fellow)
- Prexy Nesbitt (former representative of the MPLA (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola) in the United States)
- Jorge Risquet (Cuba’s chief diplomat in Africa in the 1970s-80s)
- John Saul (internationally acclaimed scholar and anti-apartheid activist)
- Isaac Saney (Cuba specialist at Dalhousie University)
Sponsors
Canadian Network On Cuba • Caribbean Studies Program, U of T • New College, U of T • African Studies, U of T • Canadian Union of Postal Workers • United Steelworkers • James Robinson Johnston Chair of Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University • A Different Booklist • Taylor Report/CIUT-FM • Group for Research and Initiative in the Liberation of Africa
For more information:
Isaac Saney at: 902-494-1531 email: isaney@hotmail.com ;
Melanie Newton at: 416-978-4054 email:melanie.newton@utoronto.ca;
Miguel san Vincente at 416-538-0889 email: adifferentbooklist@rogers.com
Website: http://cubaafrica.org • www.facebook.com/events/148051462051547
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