Radio as a form of struggle : scenes from late colonial Angola

 The Portuguese colonisers were not the only ones who could use radio for control. A new book tells how popular radio broadcasts from Angola's liberation fighters were used as weapons in the (...)

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Mis en ligne par Marissa J. Moorman, Associate Professor of History, Indiana University
 2/12/2019
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 The Portuguese colonisers were not the only ones who could use radio for control. A new book tells how popular radio broadcasts from Angola's liberation fighters were used as weapons in the (...)

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