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Title: Shoe shiner in Cubal, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Shoe shiners--Angola, Boys--Angola, AK-47 rifle,
Description: A young boy polishes the shoes of soldiers belonging to th Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) in trhe town of Cubal in the Benguea Province of Angola. Just the day before the boy wa polishing the shoes of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) commanders.
Identifier: islandora:7015

Title: Dark days in Soyo
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.
Identifier: islandora:7056

Title: Repairing a camera
Subject: Cameras, Freitas, Renate, War photographers--Angola,
Description: Renate Freitas repairs his camera after the aircraft accident over Huambo airport, 12 November, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7006

Title: Abandoned room
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Dwellings--Angola--Cubal,
Description: A room in an abandoned house in the town Cubal in the Benguela Province of Angola. The previous occupants fled the town ahead of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) forces but left a beer on the table as a gift and a message asking that the house be spared.
Identifier: islandora:7016

Title: Remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, War victims--Namibia
Description: The bush of ghosts. The remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border.
Identifier: islandora:6983

Title: Tortured PLAN combatant handedover to ICRC for repatriation to Angola
Subject: Torture--Namibia, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: A People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatant tortured for information by Koevoet is handed over to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) for repatriation back to Angola. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6771

Title: Wounded Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) troops at a field hospital in Huambo Province, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, War--Angola--Relief of sick and wounded, Soldiers--Wounds and injuries--Angola,
Description: Wounded Forças Armadas Angolan (FAA) troops wait at a field hospital in the Huambo Province of Angola seeking medicine and food. A seriously hurt soldier bleeds to death.
Identifier: islandora:7076

Title: Commandos from Forças Armadas Angolanan assault a suspected União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola soldier
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, AK-47 rifle,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) commandos assault a União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) suspect.
Identifier: islandora:7067

Title: Wife of the king of Ondonga shows theremains of her house after a firefight between SADF and PLAN
Subject: Women, Buildings--War damage
Description: The wife of the king of Ondonga, Immanuel Kauluma Elifas of Ondonga, shows the remains of her pantry after a firefight between South African Defence Force (SADF) soldiers and People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants. Onamungundo.
Identifier: islandora:6807

Title: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6969

Title: Exhumed remains of ZANLA leaders repatriated for reburial, Zimbabwe, 1980
Subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies--Zimbabwe--Harare, War victims--Zimbabwe, Airplanes, Military--Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, Winer Batch01,
Description: Exhumed remains of Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) leaders repatriated from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Harare International Airport, 1980.
Identifier: islandora:12550

Title: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola soldier opens fire on Police
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: Television footage of a UNITA soldier opening fire on Angolan Police, 12 October 1992.The footage goes worldwide and plunges Angola is in a state of shock.
Identifier: islandora:7050

Title: Sunset over the frontline. An argument over who will stand guard. 100 km from Huambo city.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Troops prepare for the night watch outside Huambo city.
Identifier: islandora:7079

Title: Election day, Angola, 1992
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola,
Description: September 1992, the first multi-party election was held in Angola. A voter shows his stained finger, proof that he has voted.
Identifier: islandora:7049

Title: Dance of Jura
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Dance--Angola,
Description: Members of Juventude Unida Revolucionara de Angola (JURA) the cultural wing of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) perform the dance of Jura in Mavinga in the Cuando Cubango Province of Angloa, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:7003

Title: Supporters of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) innocently canvas support on the streets of Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Political campaigns--Angola,
Description: Supporters of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) beat drums and dance in an attempt to gather support for Dr Savimbi
Identifier: islandora:7039

Title: Mucussos Terras Livres de Angola Free Land of Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: A military policeman stands guard at the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) border post at Mucussos in the South East province of Cuando-Cubango, bordering Namibia. A sign behind him reads Mucussos Terras Livres de Angola Free Land of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7030

Title: Message from Dr Savimbi
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: A message from Dr Savimbi is painted an the wall of a building in the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) controlled town of Kazombo in the Moxico Province of Angola under UNITA control.
Identifier: islandora:7031

Title: Residents of Huambo flee the brutal occupation of the city
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Refugees--Angola, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects,
Description: Residents of Huambo flee the brutal occupation of the city by União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) forces. They spoke of horrendous street-to-street battles that started after Christmas in 1992.
Identifier: islandora:7073

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