Cuba: An African Odyssey
The Role of Cuba in the African National Liberation Struggles
November 15 + 17
Detroit + E. Lansing
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History's Liberation Film Series (LFS) continues with a free screening of "Cuba: An African Odyssey" followed by a discussion on "The Role of Cuba in the African National Liberation Struggles" with Dr. Errol Henderson (Detroit), Dr. Rita Kiki Edozie (E. Lansing), and Maurice Carney.
Trailer: http://www.itvs.org/
"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.The film traces the pivotal role played by Cuba’s international policy in helping independence struggles on the African continent beginning with Che Guevara’s mission into the Congo to avenge the death of Patrice Lumumba and then Cuba’s support of AmÃlcar Cabral’s uprising in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. 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.
Trailer: http://www.itvs.org/
"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.The film traces the pivotal role played by Cuba’s international policy in helping independence struggles on the African continent beginning with Che Guevara’s mission into the Congo to avenge the death of Patrice Lumumba and then Cuba’s support of AmÃlcar Cabral’s uprising in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. 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.
PART 1: DETROIT
Saturday November 15, 2014, 2 -6pm
with Dr. Errol Henderson and Maurice Carney
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
The Wright Museum™
www.TheWright.org
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
The Wright Museum™
www.TheWright.org
PART 2: E. LANSING
Monday, November 17, 2014, 4-7pm
with Dr. Rita Kiki Edozie and Maurice Carney
Brody Hall Auditorium, Room 112
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Both events are free and open to the public. http://thewright.org/u
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