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Oral History Conference: Southern Africa in the Cold War, Post-1974

Dr Anna-Mart van Wyk (Monash South Africa) and Dr Sue Onslow (LSE IDEAS)

Dr Anna-Mart van Wyk (Monash South Africa) and Dr Sue Onslow (LSE IDEAS)

Date: 30-31 January 2009
Venue: Monash South Africa, 144 Peter Road, Ruimsig, Johannesburg, South Africa
Organizers and hosts: Dr Sue Onslow, LSE IDEAS and Dr Anna-Mart van Wyk, Monash South Africa

A small oral history conference co-hosted by The Southern Africa Initiative at LSE IDEAS and the International Studies Section at Monash South Africa, took place from 30-31 January 2009 on the Monash South Africa campus.

The conference, entitled Southern Africa in the Cold War, Post-1974, was a unique combination of a small group of select international academics and active participants in the domestic and regional conflict between the various African liberation movements in Southern Africa (i.e. Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa), the white minority governments of South Africa and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, and former Soviet and Cuban representatives.

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