Henry Kissinger vs Jamaica: In The Words of Michael Manley
In 1975, Cuba sent troops to Angola to help them fight against an invasion by apartheid South Africa. Henry Kissinger, the US Secretary of State was angry at this, so he set out to get countries to denounce Cuba’s actions. Jamaica was one of these countries. So, in December 1975, Kissinger met with prime minister Michael Manley on the issue. On this episode, we hear from Manley, himself, how this conversation went and the events that occured in its aftermath - events, that forever changed Jamaica.
Michael Manley’s account is taken from, Jamaica: A Struggle In The Periphery by Michael Manley. pg 111 to 117
Additional Knowledge
BOOKS
Between Self-Determination and Dependency: Jamaica's Foreign Relations 1972-1989 by Holger Henke
Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959–1976 by Piero Gleijeses
Cuba and Angola: The War For Freedom by Harry Villegas
Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991 by Piero Gleijeses
Henry Kissinger and the American Century by Jeremi Suri
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
Jamaica: Struggle in the Periphery by Michael Manley
Michael Manley: The Biography by Godfrey Smith
Small Garden, Bitter Weed: Struggle and Change in Jamaica by George Beckford and Michael Witter
The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger edited by Bhaskar Sunkara, Rene Rojas and Jonah Walter
The Trial Of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams
Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination by Adom Getachew
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Dependent Development and Foreign Policy: The Case of Jamaica by William Jesse Biddle and John D. Stephens
Foreign Policy and Dependency: The Case of Jamaica, 1972-89 by Holger Henke
ARTICLES
Al Jazeera: Berlin 1884: Remembering the conference that divided Africa
Boston Review: When Jamaica Led the Postcolonial Fight Against Exploitation
Africa Is A Country: Henry Kissinger’s Angola
Africa Is A Country: Kissinger’s Secret War in Angola
Africa Is A Country: Henry Kissinger’s South Africa
DOCUMENTARIES
Blood and Fire: Jamaica’s Political History aired by BBC and hosted by Dr. Robert Beckford
The Trials of Henry Kissinger directed by Eugene Jarecki