Take a shot everytime I mispronounce "Moxico" :-( . To my Angolan friends, I will do better next time. I promise :-) .
@geoffwalters36622 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great videos! History not many actually hear of. "African Studies" in Universities is usually nothing but anti-white drivel, rather than anything really academic such as you produce.
@gira82552 жыл бұрын
He was NOT a rebel, he was portreited as one by those who are in powe now
@clayhendricks26212 жыл бұрын
Strange how others, also in fatigues, also fighting for liberation are heralded as heroes. But Savimbi was called a rebel. So not fair. He was a good man. Had he had Angola. It wouldn't be so poor today. In our history classes on high school. We were taught Savimbi was a horrible man. Then I told my history teacher: you call him a horrible man because your new masters there in Moscow told you Communist teachers to tell us that. Savimbi fought Portuguese colonisation and he fought Russian ideological influence. He is a hero! I was effectively detained for that statement....I was only 17 years old at the time.
@trictrac022 жыл бұрын
@@gira8255 great point. How can one be a rebel when he fought for independence and then cheated and sidelined? He fought and died for a noble cause and has passed the baton to the new Angolan generation.all and all history will certainly be generous to his legacy.
@cajokolo2 жыл бұрын
@@geoffwalters3662 "African Studies" in Universities is usually nothing but anti-white drivel...what do you mean by "anti-white drivel?
@ShottaKenya2 жыл бұрын
I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t know about Savimbi until I saw him in Call of Duty game. I was shocked to learn he was real. That’s what started my descent into the black hole that is modern African history.
@juniornam11862 жыл бұрын
That's interesting keep on researching what an interesting way to learn a culture
@thiernodiallo60432 жыл бұрын
On the call of Duty my friend lol 😂 he is a real rebel man . I love that part . I feel like going to play the game again lol 😂
@ShottaKenya2 жыл бұрын
@@juniornam1186 I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic, but I clearly point out that it’s what piqued my interest. but biographies and channels like this are where I did more research. It’s not like I went to the call of duty wiki to find out more 🙄
@matthewbrooks2542 жыл бұрын
Which Call of Duty game
@Redkodiak19942 жыл бұрын
@@matthewbrooks254 black ops 2
@dictatorofcanada42382 жыл бұрын
Many people here do not seem to understand the word “rebel”, people seem to think calling him a rebel implies judgment of his cause, which it does not. A “rebel” simply means you are taking up arms against an established government, which is what Savimbi did. Rebels can be heroes or villains.
@kgaugelomojela42882 жыл бұрын
Was he a hero or a villain?
@dictatorofcanada42382 жыл бұрын
@@kgaugelomojela4288 I didn't like his methods, nor do I like that he kept Angola in war.
@LarzGustafsson2 жыл бұрын
And Savimbi was a villain.
@joanofarc332 жыл бұрын
I think people realize this.
@dictatorofcanada42382 жыл бұрын
@@joanofarc33 I'm sure most people do, but there are people in this comment section who don't realize this, and it annoys me (prompting me to make my comment)
@galm2pixy666 Жыл бұрын
Our journey to victory has begun DEATH TO THE MPLA -Jonas Savimbi
@6912305277 Жыл бұрын
I had the honor of fighting with Savimbi,supporting unita in Angola in the 80,s. He was a real leader, always in front with the soldiers. Sulute and respect Dr Savimbi.
@timkincade9763 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your help against fighting communist
@Demy197010 ай бұрын
He was smart and spoke seven languages, I remember him when I was growing up, the most I knew was he was anti communist. That place was a hell hole, I hope the area is improved
@SenoritoGhost8 ай бұрын
Pissing on Savimbi's grave. 😂
@STEINER.4 ай бұрын
Why@@SenoritoGhost
@aymenyahyaoui17713 ай бұрын
@timkincade9763 he was a an imperialist pawn and a tool who shook hands with the Portuguese the oppressors of the Angolan people he was a traitor regardless of the political ideology
@vincenorman92912 жыл бұрын
I had the honor of flying Savimbi from Lusaka Zambia to Villa Luso Angola after a meeting with Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. One of the most charming gentleman I ever met. Invited us all to lunch but alas we had to return to Lusaka. Missed opportunity.
@missjune5738 Жыл бұрын
That and many other charming attributes...... It's a political narcissistic mind ...
@chongomukupa4467 Жыл бұрын
Would like to hear more! Which year was that? I am Zambian and I really revere our first President Dr.Kenneth Kaunda and I strongly believe a lot of informative and educative material has not been published or spoken to explain the intricacies of the liberation struggles and civil wars of Southern Africa! When that is done and cemented into a syllabus for "Modern history of Southern Africa", we shall rekindle the spirit of Pan-Africanism which will enhance regional and continental integration!!
@hancymahayiwa31485 ай бұрын
I believe he was against the white mans rule
@ShottaKenya2 жыл бұрын
I love hearing modern African history from an African! Please look into some of the lesser known/documented East African figures
@AfricanBiographics2 жыл бұрын
Sure, any suggestions?
@mabambelela.dlamini2 жыл бұрын
@@AfricanBiographics king Sobhuza II of Swaziland.... he was no gun-carrier though but still a great African leader
@bonifacealfred31552 жыл бұрын
@@AfricanBiographics i want a video about King Gbudue, who was a Sudanese current day South Sudan. He fought very many battles such as against the British, Arabs (During slave trade in Sudan), Belgium among others. I look forward for that
@ShottaKenya2 жыл бұрын
@@AfricanBiographics nope, I was hoping you would have some in mind 😅 I partially grew up during the reign of Moi (24yr reign from 1978-2002) in the 90s. He died recently and of course the nation mourned His predecessor Kenyatta was no good! But I’d like to know more about our neighbors uganda, tanzania… I’d also like to see a video on Kagame. I hate hearing how the West tries to paint him in a negative light
@Kittygacha_playz2 жыл бұрын
@@ShottaKenya If you are a Kenyan, the histories of Kenyatta and Moi are very well documented The only people who would need a video are non-kenyans.
@_CrissoN2 жыл бұрын
He even had that customary "African founding father" black leather jacket in the 60s. Great video.
@ShottaKenya2 жыл бұрын
YOOOOO!!!! 😂😂😂 I saw that picture/slide at 3:47 and had to do a double take. He looks just like Kenyatta there. Especially with that staff in hand and the picture being black&white. Awesome comment bro, I’ll now be on the lookout for that jacket all across the continent 😅
@AfricanBiographics2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, that's funny 😃
@_CrissoN2 жыл бұрын
@@ShottaKenya me too bro, I saw him and immediately thought it was Jomo Kenyatta 😅
@Jay-Leigh8632 жыл бұрын
Jonas Savimbi was not "notorious" or evil or any of the rubbish spoken about him today. I had the pleasure of being part of the crew that flew him to a few places in Angola in the campaign leading to the UN supervised yet extremely corrupt elections in the early 90s. Savimbi was one of those truly great people who made you feel you were the great person! On landing in Huambo, his hometown and first time in about 20 years he was back there and with a huge crowd waiting for him, he took the time to come to thd cockpit and personally thank the crew. The world could use more men of his stature.
@Charlesputnam-bn9zy Жыл бұрын
The point to clarify is that Jonas Savimbi did cause a lot of trouble to a lot of oil super-magnates, among them Standard Oil, when he revealed that the red curibbean barbudos, instead of being international revolutionaries in bright shining red armor, coming to help their African ideological brothers against the villain racist SA, were just vulgar mercenaries of the American imperialist capitalists, sent to Angola to guard the Cabinda oil fields. & not to protect the glorious mpla revolucion. The racist SA is in the south of Angola, while Cabinda is an exclave beyond the north of Angola. In 1987, he threatened to attack Cabinda which financed the mpla regime. He signed his own death warrant. The capitalist imperialists switched their support to the corrupt mpla's Dos Santos. & executed Savimbi. & remember the corrupt red barbudos bros, who did drug trafficking in Angola. & then executed their own general Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, commander of the expeditionary force in Angola allegedly for drug trafficking, to cover their own military defeat.
@petrusjuuso5478 Жыл бұрын
What about the notorious things done by his rebels than ..even in the northern Namibian borders ..
@beautifulmind6156 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more with your statment
@Jay-Leigh863 Жыл бұрын
@@petrusjuuso5478 I'm talking about Savimbi. I met the man myself. I'm not talking about any anti Savimbi propoganda.
@tacob0 Жыл бұрын
@@Jay-Leigh863 He was nice to me, therefore all his crimes are propaganda. Nice.
@slav433510 ай бұрын
OUR JOURNEY TO VICTORY HAS BEGUN
@lukaschiwenu42992 жыл бұрын
I loved Savimbi from childhood he inspired me to join the army. I remember between 1989 and 1993 thousands of MPLA soldiers running away from the war being transported from Zambezi to Lusaka and flying back to Angola. That time MPLA almost lost the way
@RamadhanAli2 жыл бұрын
People have different unique reasons as to what makes them love things and people, I personally loved Janas Malhero Savimbi, since I was in primary hearing his name being mentioned on the radio news by KBC would mean to stop whatever was doing to listen to what's being said about him. Though he was a rebel leader I found joy listening and reading stories about him that once created a nick name Jonas wa Savimbi (Jonas of Savimbi) I would literally whip my enemies on my head with ideas as to how he whipped the MPLA. Life is truelly a book I belive he did what he believed was best for his life, we have to respect his ways of life and also pray that nothing like the Civil war ever happens to any county.
@cheesyfromindonesia99692 жыл бұрын
"Death to the MPLA!" Savimbi in Call of Duty: Black Ops
@thesasa61912 жыл бұрын
He's a terrorist. ponto.
@julioibaniaz96342 жыл бұрын
Savambi was not a smart man he want to give back Angola to the European colonial master in return he become president
@julioibaniaz96342 жыл бұрын
You are not smart just luke savambi, Portugal a small European country controlling you guys luke a puppet.
@xeddiem90962 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that this channel existed, full of our rich Aftican history. Thanks KZfaq for suggesting this channel for me.
@adonai63442 жыл бұрын
I followed the Angola story from 1965 when as a primary school boy and reading the African Challenge Magazine. Jonas Savimbi appears to have started a libration cause but with hidden motive which was to become a president by any means and started the double standard game for support. My sympathy to the amputees. In 1989-1990 whilst in Rundu in Namibia and particular along the Okavango Delta, I observed through my telescope scars of war in Southern Angola. The waste of human capital was my pain. As veteran peacekeeper, I want to say this that "No weapon wins war, it only protects war lords but it is the tongue which silences the weapons of war". Africa Stop the unnecessary destruction of Human Capital in the name of so call civil wars. Let's channel those energies into economic growth.
@roblemaer48342 жыл бұрын
Wisdom in a nutshell.
@ikongchin30882 жыл бұрын
It's easy to say , but hundreds of years of genocide n brainwsshing cannot be washed away so easily, especially as it's still being implimented in our lives on a daily bases via the TELLIEVISION by the
@ikongchin30882 жыл бұрын
Very same people who were and are responsible for all the mess we presently are living in. . Aint it the TRUTH ????
@ikongchin30882 жыл бұрын
@Red Pill Passport Bro NO I am not.I am a half chinese born Jamaivan who is in his 70's We here in JAMAICA have always had an inyrest in AFRICA ever since I can remember. Our population is made up of 90 % of AFRICAN descent and 10 % of practically all the other races on this EARTH. CHECKOUT our people , our truth ( men n sheeple say HISTORY) , and our CULTURE.
@andreiamuhitu1592 жыл бұрын
@Red Pill Passport Bro most Angolans don't know the full history. I didn't know for a long time. Most Angolans live below the poverty line and believe they're poor because of the government they have now. They don't get that they're poor because their wealth was destroyed. Angola is changing now and trying to teach my generation , I call them Angola's gen Z, that war sucks and if you want to fight do it protesting and use your words with respect. It's a lot harder than it sounds.
@cleraldo20112 жыл бұрын
Savimbi the day he died war stopped. Shows how much influence people have.
@worldofdoom9952 жыл бұрын
Yep the loss of the leader often is fatal to many rebellions
@valmir144 Жыл бұрын
yes the war stopped and it was the start of our misery in Angola. Everything got worse and the little democracy that he was able to acomplish for us, was reversed to almost zero. Nowadays, Angola is a democratic country in theory only. In practice, you can almost compare it to North Korea!
@s.k634 Жыл бұрын
@@valmir144 go back to the bush and start a rebellion maybe your life will be better in the jungle .
@gregrenox96445 ай бұрын
@@valmir144 tbh, thats still better than an endless civil war.
@valmir1445 ай бұрын
@@gregrenox9644 I doubt you live in Angola, to say something like that!
@chongomukupa4467 Жыл бұрын
Excellent material, I am just wishing for more!! I am Zambian and I really revere our first President Dr.Kenneth Kaunda and I strongly believe a lot of informative and educative information has not been published or spoken to explain the intricacies of the liberation struggles and civil wars of Southern Africa! When that is done and cemented into a syllabus for "Modern history of Southern Africa", we shall rekindle the spirit of Pan-Africanism which will enhance regional and continental integration!!
@bradowens65652 жыл бұрын
A great man, should have been the President of Angola.
@slowasturtle57042 жыл бұрын
what constitute a great Man? No man is great . We are just just people. It is the stupid people who follow them and who perceive them as great. They are nothing without people wo follow them.
@kgizzle922 жыл бұрын
4:32 Jonas Savimbi accusing someone of being a CIA Agent…haven’t laughed that much since I was in grade school!
@ncumisagarishe27332 жыл бұрын
Charisma infused with being misunderstood/hated ... Having a noble cause being not mutually exclusive with bad intentions ... this is what I always depict when it comes to proclaimed great African leaders in history thus far
@beautifulmind6156 Жыл бұрын
Please try to re-write again ! what you wrote isn't understandable , not in good English
@ncumisagarishe2733 Жыл бұрын
@@beautifulmind6156 lol out of 9 people who liked my comment ; you choose to be an As$ over a language that is clearly not your mother tongue 😂... anyways I’m responsible for what I write not for your poor comprehension skill ...
@nappalnation7877 Жыл бұрын
our journey to victory has begun
@Fifi-ql3zc2 жыл бұрын
Hello from South Africa! Thanks for all you do!
@AfricanBiographics2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome 😃
@terrynewsome66982 жыл бұрын
He was something, love him hate him there is no denying that he has forever shaped the history and equally the future of angola.
@bistronauta2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all these informative videos made by the African point of view. As a non former colonist European, for me it's hard to see through all the zig zags all these countries and people went through, so I appreciate your efforts for trying to bring light on the different movements and perhaps on the motives of the people behind them. May all of us find peace and growth in our lives for the sake of the other's. Cheers and have a good one!
@lifeofachristiannursingstu94982 жыл бұрын
As an Angolan I can say that Savimbi was NOT a rebel and considered to be a hero. Many actually agreed with his politics but his way of doing things wasn't the best but then again no one of that time was doing things right either. Everyone wanted power. But I don't blame you there's a lot of hidden events when it comes to Angola's history.
@jimmypapama63532 жыл бұрын
The situation made him do things his way Mandela thought he was a sellout then they together and told him why he was using south Africa Africa apartheid regime to supply him with ammunition
@canispugnax46842 жыл бұрын
Exactly.. Exactamente.
@gerritkruger40142 жыл бұрын
@@jimmypapama6353 and the MPLA were allies with a totalitarian dictator named Castro. And Mandela almost exclusively cared about south africa and supported anyone who opposed south africa, even if said opposition were dictators. So he is not a neutral actor. I dont think you can say angola had good or bad sides, both were terrible, tribalist conflicts masquerading under ideology for international support.
@slowasturtle57042 жыл бұрын
@@gerritkruger4014 what the hell he totalitarian dictator. Is that like a cold war expression. It means nothing. Nothing is Black and white. NO body uses that anymore. Castro helped Africa to get independence. While the west allied with the colonialists. From your name, I take it you are a Bore. Are you related to Jimmy Kruger? The south African Interior minister who killed Biko?
@paddyneill19642 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your insight.
@Bob-wq7lf2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this beautiful reporting. Very educative and informative.
@AfricanBiographics2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome
@sergiomiranda14972 жыл бұрын
For good or bad , Savimbi was a true charismatic leader.
@KA-yw7zj2 жыл бұрын
long awaited and well overdue...kota tipo estava certo
@vdotme2 жыл бұрын
I wish you'd included the personal relationships with his leadership team, but I guess we know the basics so want more while others are just finding out that he's not a fictional Call Of Duty character.
@ColeSonMusic2 жыл бұрын
I was on operations alongside unita. i also was in Luena, moxico many years after the war. still love the bush.
@timkincade9763 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for fighting communist ❤
@thomlemani80052 жыл бұрын
This is a very powerful history of Savimbi. I have liked it. May his soul rest in peace
@arardsouthsudan97652 жыл бұрын
Rest in perfect peace Revolutionary Jonas Savimbi
@alessandro_junior_007 Жыл бұрын
*R.I.P JONAS SAVIMBI* 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟩🟩🟩🐓🟩🟩🟩 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 *LONG LIFE UNITA*
@bigbenemilia933 Жыл бұрын
Was any of his children involve in the war,they were in America enjoying themselves Africa should wake up and start to develop themselves free greedy leaders
@DanielAswani2 жыл бұрын
I am surprised to learn that Tom Mboya, the then Kenyan trade unionist, helped inspire Savimbi. Savimbi, and indeed, the Angola Civil war was on the news here in Kenya in 90s. Savimbi is a popular name here.
@geoffreymusialike6882 Жыл бұрын
It pains to have lost such a man who dedicated his life for the normal course. MHSRIEP VIVA JONAS SAVIMBI
@markjimas Жыл бұрын
@@geoffreymusialike6882 ?? he was angolas mobutu
@EriksondosSantos Жыл бұрын
He is not rebel lider, but hero of people of Angola. He figth for our freedom.
@itistrueitisafact54322 жыл бұрын
This is a learning program which needs for African youth so keep going brother. 💙🇸🇴
@steveelliott86402 жыл бұрын
You fail to mention the SADF excursion into Angola only stopping a few kilometres from the capital. Also there were East Germans training and fighting with the MPLA.
@williamlee9186 Жыл бұрын
Jonas Savimbi was a good man,,, he'll always be missed 🤝🏻
@oliveiraisaias952411 ай бұрын
Savimbi was a man of integrity who stood for his people till death. For More and accurate information please ask the genuine Angolans to inform you on the reality of the country since Savimbi death 2002
@69123052773 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you. Had the opportunity to meet him as a soldier. Great respect for him as a leader and human.
@dudleymakeche78423 ай бұрын
I agree with you.
@josephnakale73432 жыл бұрын
In my younger years as a PLAN guerrilla fighter I fought with UNITA in the Eastern of Cunene province and on the 8th of February 1989 was injured in one of those battles, I was evacuated to Lubango,to our military hospitals Peter Nanyemba" military hispital.My PLAN colleagues soldiered on however and only were withdrawn when they came to prepare for the election in Namibia,we fought together with FAPLA in this operation and on our side PLAN we had lost.six members for the duration of about four months, one member died when we attacked Onanghwe base on the western theater, two more died on the 7th February while two more on the 8th February the day I was injured, the last one died later after I was withdrawn in Cuandocubango province.
@kgaugelomojela42882 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that.. Can I ask something though..? Was Savimbi a hero or a villain?
@kidanebadeg55382 жыл бұрын
How many you killed ?
@kgaugelomojela42882 жыл бұрын
@@kidanebadeg5538 That's not a fair question... casualties and victims of war will always be there.
@iwillbeamillionaire45982 жыл бұрын
@@kgaugelomojela4288 he was a hero
@JamesWhite-fz3et2 жыл бұрын
@@iwillbeamillionaire4598 He was NO hero. He was a selfish, power driven thug
@giuseppecosta8112 жыл бұрын
Even thought the Documentary missed many important facts, it was Great !
@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam Жыл бұрын
Stop watching this, brother! We must fight the MPLA!
@theurbangoose691810 ай бұрын
“DEATH TO THE MPLA” Jonas Savimbi
@ma-le6ip2 жыл бұрын
Jona was the Man!!! Thank you
@raswalipan28742 жыл бұрын
Savimbi was a hard nut to crack.He was taken down by a combined Israeli, clandestine Zimbabwean commandos and Angolan Armed forces. The Cubans also played a role in this conflict. Unita rebels where so advanced. They were the equivalent of the Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels. If you know you know
@s.k634 Жыл бұрын
The Tamils were something else .They had gotten a good deal but they became greedy .
@gabrielakuya1186 Жыл бұрын
That is a great summary of the Angolan saga of war and destruction of life and properties in South West Africa for freedom. Thanks for a good job. Good blessed and stay safe and remain blessed.
@christopherjustice64113 ай бұрын
If Savimbi was anywhere near as charismatic as he was in Black Ops 2. I can see why he was able to keep UNITA going for so long.
@brianmulubwa9412 жыл бұрын
Big names in Africa supported savimbi .he was an indigenous African while Neto and dos Santos had western roots. President kaunda of Zambia, president kenyatta of Kenya and president mobutu supported him including the Americans and the south African government. He used to come to Zambia a lot
@valentineisraelshabangu4069 Жыл бұрын
You are confused
@tumisangnthoiwa881 Жыл бұрын
He was a bloody sell out and puppet
@PhansiKhongoloza11 ай бұрын
@@valentineisraelshabangu4069it's you who is confused.
@emmideric2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing his pic in the newspaper about his death when I was still very young, he just looked like a bloodthirsty character. It seems after independence always came the true character of our "Freedom Fighters"
@CrisisMoon710 ай бұрын
Thank you. I love learning African history
@marzemay78262 жыл бұрын
In 1989 you should have said that the Mpla left the table to attack Unita in 1990 in a attacked called the last assault which Savimbi had to come back from his European trip to defeat the Mpla this is what led Angola to democracy and in 1992 Mpla did the same,
@manuelwole20052 жыл бұрын
Friends, I am from.Angola but this history of Angola what this media is saying about Savimbi is not correct.
@holygod22702 жыл бұрын
Yes it's not a true story
@Danny-vm6hz2 жыл бұрын
They are spreading fake news about one of the greatest leader we ever had in Angola. Today we are under a dictatorship regime for more than 45 years😢😢
@andreiamuhitu1592 жыл бұрын
Okay fellow Angolans. Prove it, prove that it's fake. The only thing that is true is that it's incomplete, but not fake news. You are welcome to hear stories from people in your own country who lived the war.
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
So tell us the correct story then, don't just discredit the documentary then disappear
@bobbyshabangu2 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of you for starting this channel African Biographics!
@davidpowelson4817 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Angola would be better off today if the Unita was more successful in the civil war.
@placide0822 жыл бұрын
Great article but short of many behind scenes. Keep it up. Going to watch evry piece you post 👏👏. Reburial od Savimbi was an act of reconciliation indeed
@emiliostab2 жыл бұрын
He was not a rebel, he brought democracy in Angola 🇦🇴 and opened our eyes
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
What Democracy? Of killing people that opposed him in his own party? Of burning babies and women?
@samuelademeso9041 Жыл бұрын
Nah, if you call starting a second civil war democracy, you need to open your eyes wider. Not saying the mpla were good, far from it, but Savimbi should have accepted the vice presidency and continue to political action, instead he went back to the Bush and restarted a war that further opened the wounds of an already shattered country
@ri-goblazt58942 жыл бұрын
He lost all credibility when he allied himself with the apartheid government of South Africa, at the time. I believe he started out well intentioned to free his country from colonial rule, but then he lost sight as he acquired more power and made it ALL about himself and lost everything. "Ring around the rosie... We all fall down."
@cleusiocabinda86132 жыл бұрын
The enemy of my enemy… it’s geopolitics, all he wanted was to be supplied with means to fight mpla and South Africa apartheid government was the only option close.
@leogawanab37582 жыл бұрын
@Cleusio Cimbinda regardless he was wrong at the end being used by The USA and Apartheid regime. Even during that time the Apartheid officials indicated that they made a deal with the devil referring to Savimbi. I don't understand why any normal person would defend his actions.
@Orgcent212 жыл бұрын
@@cleusiocabinda8613 it was infinitely better to NOT have taken aid from South Africa if they wanted any notion of fighting for a cause against colonialism
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
yep
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
@@cleusiocabinda8613 That's why they were destroyed in the 'Cuito-Cuanavale Batlle'. Good for them
@tmafungo8411 ай бұрын
One man's rebel is another's liberator
@mdu__Africa2 жыл бұрын
Waiting for this one 👌❤️
@philodonoghue30622 жыл бұрын
Excellent series Well researched and fact checked Refreshing to hear authoritative commentary from the black African perspective rather than anglophone or francophone media, academics and think tank self styled authoritative commentators
@GIKATETEMBWA Жыл бұрын
As an angola only thing I would say, I got two feelings about this man, respect and deeply I will remember him as father of Angolan nationalism, disputed all the but adds. No one person can do everything for his naciotion, today even those o leballed him as a rebel are pressing him as the only hero, why is that? Only time will tell…
@beautifulmind6156 Жыл бұрын
Because he was the real deal, not the likes of Neto or the corrupt Dos Santos, these two are the real cancer of Angola, with a thirst of blood, because he wasn't like them and because he wasn't from the socialism, communism ! And the Countries who help these two 'ussless figures' ( Israel and the then Portuguese socialist Government) should be ashamed of themselves !!
@nwojinkemdirim855411 ай бұрын
We were told that the soldier boy who shot him never knew he'd shot Savimbi. He was a great man.
@famozine2 жыл бұрын
No matter how you look at it .... A rebel who keeps fighting for a cause, at the expense of people's life , is not a hero
@rosemaryamulavu5 ай бұрын
Savimbi was a bad man.
@kwameoppong11692 жыл бұрын
Through Savimbi Angola was on the news everyday in 90s n was one of the fearful leaders in Africa
@zombiegamercat77711 ай бұрын
Who else is here from Black Ops 2?
@Mustacheman178 ай бұрын
OUR JOURNEY TO VICTORY HAS BEGUN
@zandernewson99332 ай бұрын
This comment will prolly never get seen, but thanks so much for giving so much history on a continent that is widely overlooked by people in Europe. Im British, but I work with a multitude of African peoples, and I love learning about their countries and their culture.
@kingoimkenya2 жыл бұрын
Great bio, well narrated and supported by images and footage. What a tragic life. Treachery was Savimbi's second nature.
@adventurevlogke88652 жыл бұрын
Rebels can too become Heroes or villains...He was a hero
@samuelademeso9041 Жыл бұрын
Maybe to you he was a hero, to others not so much
@ONE-GE2 жыл бұрын
Savimbi was a real man ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
who raped women, burned babies and assassinated his top men for fear of being replaced. Yea, a heck of a real man.
@JakobMusick2 жыл бұрын
This is my first of your videos. I look forward to learning more. From the Sonoran Desert, USA.
@josephphoenix137611 ай бұрын
I remember hearing about him.,..I wasn't sure of exactly what happened to him. RIP!
@hristo_kostov.darthmrr2 жыл бұрын
Yet another great video!
@mkhululimzizi58682 жыл бұрын
The problem with e west they want to impose leaders whom they want lyke Mugabe in zim given power by Margret thatcher
@cameronspence4977 Жыл бұрын
RIP Savimbi, Angola hero🧡🇦🇴
@qtip63662 жыл бұрын
At the end of the day Savimbi was a tyrannical war monger who didn't care about the Angolan people at all. He was a narcissist just like Kabila and Mobutu, Angola is better off without him. He is not in the league of Sankara, Lumumba and Mandela.
@Excellentbug Жыл бұрын
I hope when doing research you played COD for some references 😂
@Phelps-1247 Жыл бұрын
Anybody standing up to a dictatorship, has my respect.
@xolanimgidi42412 жыл бұрын
Great content, to know where we are headed as Africans we need to look back into our past...
@gerriedoll1542 жыл бұрын
He was a good soldier !!
@bigpimpinpimp76668 ай бұрын
Great video bro was replaying Black ops 2 remember Mason talking to Savimbi and Savimbi being a G told em “DEATH TO THE MLPA”
@luckymaluleke2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the informative presentation.
@jaichind2 жыл бұрын
Based on current polling it seems UNITA might be able to win the 2022 legislative election
@georgetamba29602 жыл бұрын
I remember Jonas Savimbi name through BBC focus on Africa in early 90 at the time my country Liberia just started a civil war
@DanielAswani2 жыл бұрын
Savimbi was popular here in kenya back then as well. Those of us who grew up in 90s remember this.
@eaglestrike68752 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. Keep up the great work!
@DesGardius-me7gf Жыл бұрын
“You think I’m fuckin’ nuts? This guy...” -Frank Woods
@mahandogideon55362 жыл бұрын
Bravo! you have killed it my man
@AfricanBiographics2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gideon
@kemtiyu91252 жыл бұрын
He was not rebel. He was a true angolan/African leader who loved his country. As angolan man I do not accept you telling that Savimbi (most known man mbimbi among us) was rebel.
@shadrackn92252 жыл бұрын
If you fight for what belongs to you, they can you a rebel!
@andreiamuhitu1592 жыл бұрын
I understand the word rebel (rebelde) in portuguese has a negative conotation. In english it's neutral no one offended him.
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
That's not for you to define. For many, he was a killer of brothers, rapist of wives, an assassin of babies. But I'm no one to judge your love for him. It's like they say: "One man's terrorist, is another man's freedom fighter"
@kikoferras73692 жыл бұрын
@@shadrackn9225 What belonged to him?
@hidof9598 Жыл бұрын
He fought against a govt That makes him a rebel, whether he was good or not In English, that is
@mekeachauke4618 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lots for this information, from SA
@VusiMashuku-t5o5 күн бұрын
Thanx for this information.i didn't know abt history and life of the late Savimbi,now I've learnt a lot.
@josephrichardkabaseledyckoba10 ай бұрын
I was six years and primary school in Tshikapa in DRC when after the independance of Angola, UNITA, FNELA, et IMPELA started the war. It was so sad to see young children walking very long distance from Angola to Tshikapa. And even if I was young I predicted that some of leaders like Savimbi could never access to power. As said.
@rayyanazriramadhan2 жыл бұрын
Black ops 2 bro call of duty
@leonardshiyaka29582 жыл бұрын
for your info, he was not shot, the first bullet came from he's own pistol to the neck. the first MPLA soldier fire another 7 bullets to the dead body of Jonas Malheiro Savimbi. Savimbi fought for he's rights as an Angolan. where is Do Santos from? Why is Angola not at peace after Savimbi gone? why is that J E dos santos no more living in Angola? you want A full story, contact me
@kalwijikapalu89262 жыл бұрын
this man was powerful
@intsikayethu4952 жыл бұрын
Thank you making this video . We need more awareness of these topics✊🏿. We recently launched a channel about African heritage and culture to spread the word🙆🏿♂.
@djibrilibroibrahim1191 Жыл бұрын
thanks so much.. u have put light into my thoughts abt him...
@chaumbambondo39612 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information
@michaelsinger46382 жыл бұрын
It seems like he was an intelligent, charismatic man. But also violent, power mad, and an opportunist. And lashed out when he did not get his way. So of course Reagan and co loved him. Even John Stockwell said that the USA making an enemy of the MPLA was stupid and unnecessary.
@marksealy80252 жыл бұрын
Reagan love him or use him to destabilize Angola? Which it is?
@BeatTheDrumEnt2 жыл бұрын
@@marksealy8025 Used him, Reagan didn't give a damn about him
@guppy7192 жыл бұрын
@@marksealy8025 Reagan loved anything that would fight against communism.
@rorymosley93562 жыл бұрын
@@BeatTheDrumEnt more like he used Reagan
@MarkusAudio2 жыл бұрын
In Angola Savimbi has his admirers and his detractors. They say "the important thing is not how one begins but how one ends', since he ended at Call Of Duty, it's not so bad after all.
@dingjaoping Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@user-ji7ho9uz1i5 ай бұрын
So educative indeed. Thanks for the documentary 🙏.
@taz-on-the-looseyusef55262 жыл бұрын
Savimbi was somehow not understood, i started learning about him in our social studies lesson here in Botswana, ever since that time many years ago, i loved him,
@andreiamuhitu1592 жыл бұрын
I wish he used a different tactic.
@gunzgermznsource469 Жыл бұрын
“DEATH TO THE MPLA!”
@earthintelligent793310 ай бұрын
Great documentary
@arlesiokakunda6 ай бұрын
My father worked with him, was one of the Cabinet directors, who was later replaced by Samakuva who later became the president. I was born in a place called Jamba, in a jungle, today I am a Automation engineer, thanks to his free preschool until 4 grade. This movement will continue until our country is free.
@stephenokumu462 жыл бұрын
I studied African Nationalism, Savimbi was one of greatest African independence fighters of all time ..Rest in peace Gen. SAVIMBI