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Dark days in Soyo

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Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) troops search oil installations in Soyo, Angola, for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) commanders. On 20 January 1993 UNITA forces overan and then destroyed the town. This action shook the oil world and prompted English oil barons to recruit a mercenary force that retook the town from UNITA.

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Title
Dark days in Soyo
Creator
Liebenberg, John
Subject
Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Economic aspects, Oil industries--Angola
Description
Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) troops search oil installations in Soyo, Angola, for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) commanders. On 20 January 1993 UNITA forces overan and then destroyed the town. This action shook the oil world and prompted English oil barons to recruit a mercenary force that retook the town from UNITA.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Date
1994
Type
Format
black-and-white photographs, documentary photography, image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:7056
Source
John Liebenberg: No Pictures Please
Language
Relation
Coverage
Angola -- Zaire -- Soyo
Rights
This item is the property of the University of Cape Town Libraries. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Special Collections of the University of Cape Town Libraries. Copyright held by John Liebenberg

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