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The Changing Vision of the African Working Class – a Component of Soviet Strategy in Black Africa?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Miléna Charles
Affiliation:
Research Fellow at theHarvard UniversityRussian Research Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Extract

The Soviet Union is not able to replace western economic investments even in those African countries which become its affies. Therefore its influence is limited to the political sphere, mainly to inter-party relations. By playing a crucial rôle in Southern Africa and Ethiopia, the Soviet Union has accomplished an important step in its global strategy.

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Africana
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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