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Title: Standing guard
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Men with disabilities--Angola,
Description: A Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) soldier stands guard in a war-damaged building in Santa Clara, the Angolan border post with Namibia. A man with one leg stands in the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:7032

Title: Replenishing water supplies
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Children--Angola,
Description: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) troops stop for fresh water in the Huambo Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7004

Title: The USA war campaign explained
Subject: United States--Foreign relations--Iraq--Caricatures and cartoons, War--Caricatures and cartoons, Iraq War, 2003-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, United States
Description: The USA attack of Iran was based on overwhelming speed and force labelled a �Shock and Awe� strategy by President George Bush. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6133

Title: Beating the drum
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: Member of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) beat the drum in Kuito in the Bié Province of Angola. Kuito is powerfull UNITA stronghold.
Identifier: islandora:7043

Title: Searching for land mines, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Land mines--Detection--Angola, Soldiers--Angola, United Nations--Angola Verification Mission, Military convoys--Angola,
Description: Deminers from the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) search a roadside in Angola for signs of landmines.
Identifier: islandora:7025

Title: Erich Brand to Stadtverwaltung Berlin-Wilmersdorf (the city administration Berlin-Wilmersdorf), 8 November 1944
Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Brand, Erich--Correspondence, Housing subsidies--Germany--Berlin, Soldiers--Correspondence
Description: Letter from Mr. Erich Brand to the dwellings department of the Berlin-Wilmersdorf city administration asking for an extra allowance to accommodate his family. An English translation of this letter is available. To see this translation please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries' Special Collections.
Identifier: islandora:27365

Title: Envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Linder, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Lindner, Ruth--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1946, George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936--On postage stamps, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--On postage stamps
Description: An envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940. At the top right-hand corner of the envelope is a British stamp featuring Queen Victoria and George V, the latter the reigning monarch of Britain at the time.
Identifier: islandora:29875

Title: Mercenary forces, Benguela, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola, Mercenary troops--Angola,
Description: Mercenary forces deployed by the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) make their appearance on the frontline in the Benguela Province of Angola . Most were ex-SADF and Police special forces disbanded by the the South African government. Cubal in the province of Benguela.
Identifier: islandora:6995

Title: Shutdown after the election, as journalists and photographers prepare to leave
Subject: War photographers--Angola, War correspondents--Angola,
Description: A group of journalists and photographers who were in Angola covering the Civil War pose with staff from the Centro de Imprensa Anibal de Melo (Press Centre) after the election.
Identifier: islandora:6986

Title: Government police guarding the Police station opposite the Tourismo, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Unknowingly, these men started the Angolan Civil War on 11 October 1992. Government police guarding the Police Station opposite the Tourismo Hotel in Luanda, Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7045

Title: Girl outside hut damaged by shrapnel
Subject: Buildings--War damage, Children
Description: Girl outside hut damaged by shrapnel, Emono.
Identifier: islandora:6943

Title: Commandos from Forças Armadas Angolanan drive around searching for enemy soldiers
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) commandos in a search for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) troops in Ganda, Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7066

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: Despite having suffered unbearable conditions, a resident of Humbo still has a ready smile for the photographer as he flees the city. Residents of Huambo soke of horendous street-to-street battles that started after Christmas in 1992 during the occupation of the city by troops belonging to União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA).
Identifier: islandora:7075

Title: Young Forças Armadas Angolanan soldier on guard duty
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Child soldiers--Angola, Machine guns--Angola,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) recruit at sunset on guard duty near the town of Ganda, Angola. União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) were close and the boy feared falling asleep.
Identifier: islandora:7068

Title: Cuba, carved into the trunk of a baobab tree, Cahama, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Baobab,
Description: The word 'Cuba' has been carved into the trunk a baobab tree, Cahama in Cunene Province.
Identifier: islandora:7034

Title: Victim of attack
Subject: AfghanisExtremists--Afghanistan, Wounds and injuries, Civilian war casualties--Afghanistan, Transport, Afghans
Description: Men commandeer a taxi to pick up the victims of a Taliban rocket attack.
Identifier: islandora:8329

Title: Erich Brand to Stadtverwaltung Berlin-Wilmersdorf (the city administration Berlin-Wilmersdorf), 8 November 1944
Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Brand, Erich--Correspondence, Housing--Germany--Berlin, Soldiers--Correspondence
Description: Letter from Mr. Erich Brand to the Berlin-Wilmersdorf city administration claiming for a new house for the third time. An English translation of this letter is available. To see this translation please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries' Special Collections.
Identifier: islandora:27364

Title: Building destroyed during the Civil War
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Building destroyed during the Angolan Civil War in Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province, southern Angola. Ngive is close to the border with Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:7008

Title: President José Eduardo dos Santos greets his supporters
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Political campaigns--Angola, Santos, José Eduardo dos--1942-,
Description: President José Eduardo dos Santos greets Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) supporters during his election campaign, some days before the election in September 1992.
Identifier: islandora:7047

Title: Car bomb campaign, Cubal, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Police--Angola, Boys--Angola, Cameras, Nikon camera,
Description: Angolan policeman in Cubal, Angola, with a Nikon F3 HP camera. On the back of the camera is a car bomb yellow sticker from the car bomb campaign launched in 1988. .
Identifier: islandora:7012

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