Cuba: An African Odyssey

Last Monday evening I attended a screening of Jihan El-Tahri's documentary, Cuba: An African Osyssey, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.

As much as I was intrigued by the subject matter, I was very impressed with the standard of the documentary itself. Is far more BBC than it is Michael Moore, but it still manages to avoid pretentiousness.

Indeed, pretension would be inappropriate when dealing with the subject matter of Cuba's military involvement in Africa between 1965 and 1994. The subject is really fascinating and well illustrated, in many cases with interviews with the key role players in the events being discussed.

Whether you are a neo-Marxist or a fan of Pik Botha, you should see this film. It depicts a uniquely different view of Southern African history which might help normalise the experience of so many of our countrymen that were involved in the hostilities.

You can buy the DVD here.

You can read the Tonight.co.za review (which sucks) here.

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