Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Formation of a popular opinion (1950-1970)

Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Af...

Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Formation of a popular opinion (1950-1970) was written by and Tor Sellström. The 541 page book was published by Nordic Africa Institute in 1999 with an ISBN 10 of 9171064303. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Formation of a popular opinion (1950-1970) mentions 1 serial killers including John Ingvar Lovgren. The author Tor Sellström has 2 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

In 1969, the Swedish parliament endorsed a policy of direct assistance to the liberation movements in Southern Africa. Sweden thus became the first Western country to enter into a relationship with organizations that elsewhere in the West were shunned as 'Communist' or 'terrorist'. This book traces the background to the relationship. Presenting the actors and the factors behind the support to MPLA of Angola, FRELIMO of Mozambique, SWAPO of Namibia, ZANU and ZAPU of Zimbabwe and ANC of South Africa, it addresses the question why Sweden established those close relations with the very movements that eventually would assume state power in their respective countries. The second volume (appearing in late 1999) will discuss how the support was exp...