Symposium: Africa’s Unknown War – Apartheid Terror, Cuba and Southern African Liberation

This two-day event commemorates the 25^th 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