Angola - Guerra Civil & História - ‘ACCOUNT FROM ANGOLA’, by William Minter - Amsterdam 1990 - MUITO RARO;

Angola - Guerra Civil & História - Estudo e pesquisa efectuada por testemunhos de ex-membros da UNITA, militares e civis, recolhidos pelo autor, pela jornalista italiana Augusta Conchiglia e em vasta bibliografia referida no final 

‘ACCOUNT FROM ANGOLA’ 

UNITA as described by ex-participants and Foreign Visitors 

By William Minter 

Editor Tamme Hansma AWEPAA 

African-European Institute 

Amsterdam 1990 

Netherlands 

Livro com 48 páginas, ilustrado e em muito bom estado de conservação. Excelente. 

De muito difícil localização. 

MUITO RARO.

The author:

“The author is a writer on southern Africa. His most recent books are ‘King Solomon's Mines Revisited’ (1986) and ‘Operation Timber: Pages from the Savimbi Dossier’ (1988). 

He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and is fluent in Portuguese. He is currently associated with the African Studies Program, Georgetown University, as a visiting researcher. He is also a contributing editor for Africa News Service and an associate director of the Washington Office on Africa Educational Fund.

Research for this report was supported by grants from the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), with additional funding from the Ford Foundation and the Nederlandse Or- ganisatie voor Internationale Ontwikkelingssa- menwerking (NOVIB).”

O Autor: 

“O autor é escritor especializado em assuntos da Africa Austral. 

Os seus livros mais recentes são ‘King Solomn’s Mines Revisited’ (1986) e ‘Operation Timber: Pages from the Savimbi Dossier’ (1988). 

É doutorado em sociologia pela Universidade de Wisconsin (Madison) e fala português fluentemente. Actualmente esta associado ao African Studies Program, Universidade de Georgetown, como pesquisador visitante. Também é editor contribuinte do Africa News Service e director associado do Washington Office on Africa Educational Fund.

A pesquisa para este relat6rio foi subsidiada pela Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), com fundos adicionais da Ford Foundation e da Nederlandse Organisatie voor Internationale Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (NOVIB).”

Obras do Autor: 

- ‘PORTUGUESE AFRICA AND THE WEST’ (1972); Edição de bolso

- ‘PORTUGUESE AFRICA AND THE WEST’ (1973); 

- ‘KING SOLOMON’S MINES REVISITED’ (1986); 

- ‘OPERATION TIMBER: Pages from the Savimbi Dossier’ (1988); 

- ‘THE MOZAMBICAN NATIONAL RESISTANCE (RENAMO) - As described by ex-participants’  (1989); 

- ‘ACCOUNT FROM ANGOLA - UNITA as cescribed by ex-participants and Foreign Visitors’ (1990); 

- ‘OS CONTRAS DO APARTHEID - As raízes da guerra em Angola e Moçambique’ (1998); 

- ‘APARTHEID’S CONTRAS - An inquiry into roots of war in Angola and Mozambique’ (1994); 

Do ÍNDICE: / CONTENTS: 

The Author 

NOTES FROM A WORKING VISIT TO ANGOLA 

COST OF DESTABILIZATION TO ANGOLA 

ABSTRACT FROM MINTER REPORT ON UNITA 

EXTRATO DO RELATÓRIO DE MINTER SOBRE A UNITA 

UNITA AS DESCRIBED BY EX-PARTICIPANTS AND FOREIGN VISITORS

By William Minter 

- Introduction 

- Methodology 

- Interviewees and other primary sources 

- Forced recruitment 

- Training and control 

- Logistics and trade 

- Savimbi’s leadership and human rights issues 

APPENDIX ONE: Interviewees 

- Luanda, September 1989 

- Huambo, September 1989 

- Lubango, October 1989 

- Luanda, October 1989 

APPENDIX TWO: Excerpts from interviews with ex-UNITA soldiers by Augusta Conchiglia 

- Januário Kossuma, Bié - ‘Afrique Asie’, December 21, 1985 

- José Eduardo - ‘Afrique Asie’, February 1987 

- Francisco Franco - ‘Afrique Asie’, February 1987 

APPENDIX THREE: Selected Bibliography 

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