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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

Title: Day after the bombing of the Continetal Hotel
Subject: Bombings, Atrocities--Namibia, Buildings--War damage
Description: The day after the bombing of the Continental Hotel, Windhoek.
Identifier: islandora:6854

Title: Gunship undergoing repair, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Gunships (Military aircraft)--Angola,
Description: A gunship makes a forced landing in hostile territory in Angola. The pilot quickly repairs the problem as União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) open fire. The nearest town was held by UNITA forces.
Identifier: islandora:7070

Title: Election results
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola, Angola--Assembléia Nacional--Elections, 1992,
Description: For the first time in Angola's history, a multi-party election was held in September, 1992 in an attempt to bring the 17 year Civil War to an end. The results of this election were published in the Journal de Angola, dated 2 October 1992. The ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) won, leading União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to reject the election and resume the civil war.
Identifier: islandora:7053

Title: Women in Kuito, Angola clearing the street of debri
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Kuito, Women--Angola,
Description: Women in the town of Kuito in the Bié Province of Angola clear the streets of war debri after União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) were driven from the city in deadly street-to-street battles, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7024

Title: War damage, Ngive, Cunene Province, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ruins of a building in the town of Ngiva in the Cunene Province of Angola following the withdrawal of South African Defence Force from the region.
Identifier: islandora:7035

Title: Slain PLAN combatant brought back to Koevoet base
Subject: War casualties--Namibia
Description: Slain People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatant is brought back to Koevoet base, tied to a casspir (armoured military tank), at Tsandi, Uukwaluudhi. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6770

Title: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held in Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola, Angola--Assembléia Nacional--Elections, 1992,
Description: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held on 29 and 30 September 1992, to elect a President and National Assembly. This was the first attempt at holding multi-party elections ending 17 years of civil war. The ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) won, leading União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to reject the election and resume the civil war.
Identifier: islandora:7044

Title: Memorial service held in front of the War Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Soldiers, War memorials, Statues, ,
Description: Memorial service arranged for Coloured ex-serviceman. Klischograph
Identifier: islandora:15260

Title: Kuito, Angola, 1994
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Kuito (Angola), Buildings--War damage--Angola--Kuito, Women--Angola--Kuito,
Description: Two Angolans walk past a ruined building in the city of Kuito, Angola. The city was destroyed during heavy fighting in 1993 and 1994. A United Nations (UN) brokered a ceasefire in 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7021

Title: Body of a refugee in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, War victims--Angola, Dead--Angola,
Description: The body of a refugee lies covered in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:7007

Title: Food aid, Mozambique, 1968
Subject: Refugees--Mozambique, War--Mozambique, Decolonization--Mozambique, Food relief--Mozambique, Winer Batch01,
Description: Relief workers carrying food aid to Mozambican refugees displaced by the independence war, Lower Shire River, Chikwawa Valley, Malawi-Mozambique border, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:12530

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