sust-mar: FILM PREMIERE: YES! I AM MY SISTER'S & BROTHER'S KEEPER

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ALL INVITED TO THE PREMIERE OF THE FILM

YES! I AM MY SISTER’S & BROTHER’S KEEPER: CUBA AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN 
LIBERATION

			7pm, Thursday, November 18th
			Ondaatje Hall
			FASS Building
			Dalhousie University

Yes! I AM MY SISTER’S AND BROTHER’S KEEPER documents Cuba’s decisive role in 
achieving the independence of Namibia and ending racist rule in South 
Africa.  Includes footage of Nelson Mandela’s visit to Cuba and his moving 
speech in praise of the island’s invaluable contribution to the liberation 
struggles of Africa; the critical 1988 Battle of Cuito Cuanavale and Fidel 
Castro’s commentary.

A Nova Scotia-Cuba Association presentation of an Isaac Saney/Mark Rushton 
production (Halifax 2004). A non-profit, educational project.

Premiere co-sponsored by:  James Robinson Johnson Chair of Black Canadian 
Studies and CKDU 97.5 FM Radio.
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Keith Ellis, a Cuba specialist at the University of Toronto, underscores: 
“Humanity owes Cuba an enormous debt. In the history of humankind there has 
been no country as generous as Cuba.”

Dominic Tweedle, a resident of Johannesburg, exhorts us not to “forget that 
Cubans shed blood in Angola for the sake of the liberation of all Southern 
Africa.”

Thenjiwe Mtintso, South Africa’s ambassador to Cuba affirms: “No country has 
given as much to the world as Cuba. No country has received so little 
materially from the world as Cuba.”

In describing the significance of Cuba’s assistance to African liberation 
struggles,  Amilcar Cabral the celebrated leader of the liberation struggle 
in Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde, poignantly stated: “I don’t believe in life 
after death, but if there is, we can be sure that the souls of our 
forefathers who were taken away to America to be slaves are rejoicing today 
to see their children reunited and working together to help us be 
independent and free.”

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Cuba's crucial role in ending racist rule in South Africa is little known in 
the West. November 5th, 2005 will be the 30th  anniversary of Cuba’s 
deployment of troops, at the request of the Angolan government, to repulse 
the South African invasion. The  year 2005 will also   mark the 17th  
anniversary of the decisive defeat of the South African armed forces by 
combined Cuban, Angolan and Namibian troops.

This defeat of the apartheid military ended Pretoria's dream of establishing 
hegemony in the Southern Africa region as a means by which to extend the 
life of the apartheid regime. Thus, the victory at Cuito Cuanavale hastened 
the dismantling of apartheid. Cuba's contribution was vital as it provided 
the essential reinforcements, material and planning.  None other than Nelson 
Mandela declared that "the Cuban internationalists have made a contribution 
to African independence, freedom and justice unparalleled for its principled 
and  selfless character." Indeed, Cuba is often described as the only 
foreign country to have come to Africa and gone away with nothing but the 
coffins of its sons and daughters who died in the struggles to liberate 
Africa.

Cuba’s internationalism is unique in the annals of history. Cuba’s example 
is a  profound challenge to those who believe and argue that only real 
politick, national self-interest and the pursuit of power and wealth are 
guides, determinants and sources of foreign policy. Cuba demonstrates that 
the vision of international relations based on sisterhood & brotherhood is 
not a fanciful dream. Cuba shows that another and better world is possible.


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