Hist 104, Lecture 19:
Third World Struggles in Africa and Latin America
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Apartheid, African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, Biafra War, Juan Perón, Jacabo Arbenz Guzmán, United Fruit Company, Fidel Castro, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Bay of Pigs

1. Independence Movements in Africa

a. Patterns of Decolonization
b. Overcoming Apartheid in South Africa
c. Civil Wars: The Case of Nigeria (see Girls at War)

2. Struggles for Economic Freedom in Latin America

a. Don’t Cry for Me in Argentina
b. Banana Republic in Guatemala
c. Castro’s Rebellion in Cuba