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Sangonhá: a PAIGC “liberated zone” gone awry, January 1969

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Portugal, in an attempt to retain its colonial possession of Guiné, fought a war there between 1961 and 1974. The opposition nationalist movement, known by its acronym PAIGC, sought to establish “liberated zones” within the difficult terrain of the more remote regions of the colony and service these from its immediate neighbour Guinea-Conakry, which had given it sanctuary. The PAIGC hosted its aid donors on carefully staged visits to these zones in an attempt to provide a picture of success in its “people's war.” The Swedish government, its primary non-military donor, decided to create a propaganda film featuring “heroic PAIGC freedom fighters” in action in one of these zones. This is the story of a well-intentioned yet naïve Swedish government effort at film-making and its largely misplaced aid in the face of the serious Portuguese air threat to PAIGC liberated zones.

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  • John P. Cann, 2022. "Sangonhá: a PAIGC “liberated zone” gone awry, January 1969," Defense & Security Analysis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 146-168, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdanxx:v:38:y:2022:i:2:p:146-168
    DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2022.2060475
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