we've come off telling everybody to tell us does from these go on your and if you look at the octave, it is even in nigeria with people like muscle a, there was sticking not to of, from these activities at that time. and even the soviet union stopped to have its own in international affairs. it was seen very differently from western countries. first of all, it was not seen as the photo nice, and it was not involved in the scramble for africa. so the soviet union was not present at byline. the soviet union did not top ended 3030 that was blaming the soviet union was seen as the bus didn't all river lucian on the bus then of change, which african people decide from the palo new york out of cost. we know that from 1900 on 17 of cost in the fast while to all the role of the soviet union was not as prominent as it became after the world war 2. when the card was then came into the

arena and we could very easily talk of by paula awyle, the west on the soviet union. so in many ways, when african countries are now involved in the struggle for independence in 1900 done for this through to 1950 is on the ultimate to 1906 to the not to lie was seen to be the soviet union for a number of reasons. if you look at the african national congress in south africa, many of the freedom fights as well gravitating towards the soviet union. not only for you do a logical reasons, but for support financial support. and not only for financial support, sometimes ministry support on this, this eastern side to be made. so when you look at the south africa, you'd find that there was a very intimate relationship between the soviet union and the african national congress. and it was,

is only consigned to that. you will know that in the very early days of the struggle in the 1950 is a lot of off because we don't fight as was attracted to the soviet union. the soviet union was being seen at that time. i believe that are based on when we talk about soviet union, we must also remember at that time the great influence in countryside does hungry on countryside. just portland countries, such as is germany on when this color ships to i've been granted the movement to based, there was a lot of people from different parts of africa who then found themselves going to society in more school and in st. petersburg at the behest of the soviet union. and that in itself, grow naturally because the freedom fighters of the day on one the name, the one for name dom i've the nicer when gum i'm the master was over throwing the one king bed rope he inclined to watch the soviet union and in

bed. when the swan hi don was being built, it is the soviet who actually find on the building of the asked one high down. and the key was also taken by plumbing room. when gun adi gained independence in 1957, one of the things that happened is that you wanted to build the costs own without out of costs. at that time, you approach several western countries. they did not agree. and when he told the i'm now going to the soviet union, then they find out that goes on with them. and that is one of the reasons why in oklahoma, well then labeled as a communist. the same label was also born by hot medicine. re of getting it was very sympathetic to the soviet style of governance as was indeed has been bad. and you want to see at the time because the soviet union talked about communism. there

was something that was beginning to emerge in africa called me will not lose them on scientific socialism. and do you see it in uh, in, in, in chrome i, in the gonna, you see it and how mississippi for to day and again, you see it in what the bookcase in the model and you see it and haven't been bella in uh, i, j. yeah. you see it in the gum, i'm the nice that are in, in the, you know, he jumped, you see it even in can you know, sufficient or nothing, but then on offer comes bush, their lives at that time. well, professor, my university was very strong in kenya our time. and even in those days, many people inclined to the whole idea of moving to a government on a system which was not the one, the capitalistic. and you see it with that when it talks about the i wish the collaboration is much more inclined to the views that i particularly did in the soviet union on 1 may say marxism leninism with some africanized based on aspect of

it. and later, the soviet union becomes account a weight account a way to west on wild depth one the bid that audio they want to tell you what to do . the ones that they knew who to be, you a friend, the one to 10 you who to trade with. and many people are saying, but we have retained our independence. why should we be treated like the lives of children? that's the question is being asked to buy, luna in the democratic republic of congo is being thought, oh, you cannot ask for support. but lou must days. you have put me in a situation where the belgians want to remove from power 9 months after we have the gained or independence. they have recruited and we'll go to the recruiter because of all they have reported the drum. but on the advice that you end to assist me and you don't want to assist me, i'm now asking the soviet union to assist me. and of course they say that the dang

job of communism getting into the heart of africa must be illuminated. and we now know that the cold name use the for the moon by was satan. and he was referred to satan because she was seemed to have been trying to watch the soviet union at that time. late. uh, we also see the soviet union involved in the liberation movement. gibberish and movements which cannot be finalized or cannot be granted by other parts of the was particularly western europe. and it is said, i think it is somewhat a moist as my cell and robot got to be able to grab it. we've said that we who are losing of these, we swear by the collection of cov victor, k, 40 k 47. this was the weapon of choice for all the struggle for independence. and do they also see that the, the involvement of the soviet union in was the big through supply obama. we see the

involvement of the soviet union event during the goal of civil war. when the south africans on the americans are involved trying to impose info as a theme b, it is the soviet union, and the cubans who actually in subsidy that in ensuring that unborn law was not taken all of us on it is important that the soviet union was not only involved in terms of trying to or ensure the us the complete on site as well. nobody in there do kitchen. i reno after the submission of patrice, i'm ready to move in. but you 1961, the friendship universities, the name, the little more about your new funds that the i think in moscow and many of the guns then went to study at the patrice, emily, lumber friendship university, courtesy of the soviet union. when the soviet union collapses on the con, please then become what we now know them. and i've to put his truck on glasnost.

and ultimately you have russia, russia unfinished and is seen as the success of the soviet union. the russian federation is seen of the success of the soviet union, and that is why, even as we continue, you know, while that we say is multi lateral, you'll begin to see that many african countries tend to gravitate towards this russia in the, on the funding there is no thought that we knew that russia was their own kind of the soviet union. we knew that the most coal was a friendly site on the full plaza, a number of countries, even in this day and age. remember the days when the soviet union, a sub, for the freedom fighting movement, the i remember those days when they support the people through education. they remember those days when they sent the technology in even in places such as the up,

the, they remember when this and the acknowledging in different countries in the continent of africa. and it is out of boston, those dodge. that is, what time may cause i revival on that renewal of friendship between why the number of countries on the dash on what i'm seeing is it quite evidently incent prologic under republic with the new administration. once the, quite evidently in there isn't activities that are taking place in the sy, in the and region. and you can see the presence of russia or the actual invitation over by a government in the side of the region by a government in booking alpha. so by governments in these, there, by governments, in money, by government indicating it cannot be the same. you uh, our friend in our, i'll meet on you,

our friend who did not tell us how to be a you loft with us. we think that you can be a better friend than others who claim they are friends, but they want to tell us how to govern ourselves. and you can now see the kind of relationship is being a good point on our relationship. and their actions are responding in the context of that history. and the relationship is one that is built on in did the relationship between the soviet union and now russia is like a tree which has been what tag with the bladder. so the, that it and that is why it is intimate, intimate, because the soviet union was never, ever seen as color nies. never seen as people who scrambled on divided africa never seen as

a parasite. that takes off because resources never seen as a, a concrete that dictates the loss of got spect seen as a friend with whom they can enjoy a symbiotic that rather than a part of a stiff ticket relationship. that is the context of don, very long history. we've gone through the conversations about the continent of africa, but we will come a gain of a shot rate. see what i want sure. seemed wrong. just don't have to shape out the application and engagement because the trails when so many find themselves will support. we choose to look for common ground, the the

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derek g. so they put the national most likely multiple villages with devastated a numerous members of resistance groups and what the headed off that apartment is in for us to be the move of nancy. and i'm going to be a young investigator in search of his own identity and box on that you need to africa. the choices general, good eyes, blood drenched roots in an effort to establish how your legacy still echoes throughout the confidence. so my name is ben and i come from england and i've come ready to find out more about the emissions of willy, um, on the history of in, in the region the the.