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Title: Victim of war trauma
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Psychological aspects, War victims--Angola,
Description: A victim of war trauma spends his days chained at the clinic of Papa Quitoka, a privately owned rehabilitation centre for the insane situated in Luanda.
Identifier: islandora:7062

Title: News coverage, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Pinto, Candida, War correspondents--Angola,
Description: Candida Pinto, a television reporter for SIC TV in Portugal, moves aside as a cameraman films the scene outside.
Identifier: islandora:7052

Title: War injured children in the Josina Machel Hospital, Luanda.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, War victims--Angola, Children--Angola,
Description: War injured children in the Josina Machel Hospital, Luanda.
Identifier: islandora:7009

Title: Digging in
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Rocket launchers (Ordnance)--Angola,
Description: The crew of a BM-21 Grad 9K51 Multiple Rocket Launcher (MRLS) dig in in the Huambo Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7018

Title: Bodies of Plan combatants killed during contact with Koevoet are buried at Uupindi
Subject: Mass burials--Namibia, Dead--Namiba, Cemeteries--Namibia, Namibia--Armed Forces, War crimes--Namibia, War victims--Namibia
Description: The crucifixion. The bodies of 133 People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants killed during contact with Koevoet at Oshimbimbi are buried at Uupindi, west of Oshakati. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6817

Title: Temporary base on Huambo frontline.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Temporary base on Huambo frontline. The crew spin a generator to produce power for their crackling radio. The men were desperate for news from Luanda.
Identifier: islandora:7081

Title: Cahama, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Babies--Angola,
Description: Two recently demobilzed Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) soldiers stand outside a building in the town of Cahama, Angola, holding a baby. A portrait has been painted on the wall of the building. They are relieved that the war with South Africa had come to an end and that Cuban forces based in Cahama for many years have finally withdrawn.
Identifier: islandora:7033

Title: Happy to be alive
Subject: Pinto, Candida, War correspondents--Angola,
Description: Candida Pinto, a television reporter for SIC TV in Portugal is happy to be alive having survived attempt to land a Kingair plane on an emergency runway in Huambo in the Huambo Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:6988

Title: Caritas Feeding Centre, Malanje, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects,
Description: Angolans wait patiently for food at the Caritas Feeding Centre in Malange in the Malanje Province of Angola. The city was under siege by União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) artillary.
Identifier: islandora:6987

Title: Erich Brand to Postscheckamt (Post office account), 8 November 1944
Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Brand, Erich--Correspondence, Soldiers--Correspondence
Description: Letter from Mr. Erich Brand to the Post office nominating his wife as the sole heir of his account. An English translation of this letter is available. To see this translation please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries' Special Collections.
Identifier: islandora:27367

Title: Orders to move on
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola,
Description: Soldiers from a Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) patrol are briefed and ordered by the senior officer before embarking on a mission into enemy territory.
Identifier: islandora:7064

Title: Ngive (a border town in Southern Angola) in ruins after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province of Angola is deserted and ruined after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7077

Title: Military monument, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Armored vehicles, Military--Angola,
Description: A Soviet personnel carrier crushes a South African Defence Force Eland armoured car captured during the 1980's in Angola. União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) election posters were pasted onto this Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) monument.
Identifier: islandora:7040

Title: Quick puff before the flight
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola, War photographers--Angola,
Description: A soldier takes a quick puff from a cigarette before take off. In the background is John Clemento, a London-based cameraman.
Identifier: islandora:7063

Title: José dos Santos Eduardo O futuro tranquilo
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-,
Description: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) election billboard from September 1992 predicts a tranquil future for Angola. Unfortunately, subsequent events were far from tranquil.
Identifier: islandora:7051

Title: Gunship landing in Balombo, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Gunships (Military aircraft)--Angola,
Description: A MI-24 multi-purpose gunship belonging to the Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) lands in Balombo in the Benguela Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:6989

Title: Soldiers from Forças Armadas Angolanan beat a suspected deserter
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: A suspected deserter is found in the local market in Ganda, Angola and beaten by soldiers from Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) as they assert their authority over the town.
Identifier: islandora:7065

Title: Maintaining contact with the outside world
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Telecommunication--Angola, Bailundo (Huambo, Angola)--Social conditions,
Description: A satellite dish in Bailundo in the Huambo Province of Angola enable União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to maintain contact with the outside world.
Identifier: islandora:7022

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