Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela and the Sowti Squad – what connects them?
Everyone´s heard of the first two but who the hell was the Sowti Squad?
In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island while Che Guevara planned to export the Cuban revolution to the Congo Republic. The South Africans wanted Mandela out of the country. America´s CIA wanted Che Guevara to stay in Africa, dead, minus some body parts and with the rest pushing up the local equivalent of daisies.
Africa was the mercenary playground and the S Africans and CIA were the playgroup leaders. They set up the Sowti Squad, an expendable group of mercenaries, to carry out their wishes.
Unfortunately for them, the Sowti Squad not only wanted as much money as possible, but also wanted to live to spend it. No mercenary wants to be the richest corpse in the mortuary.
How well did the Sowti Squad do the job? The book tells why Nelson Mandela remained in prison and how Che Guevara survived the attentions of Africa´s best mercenaries, the Sowti Squad.
The Sowti Squad. Is this book a work of fiction? Of course it is, except for those bits that aren´t. Which bits are and which bits aren´t? Judge for yourself. Was there a Sowti Squad?
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| Wild | |
| Pat on April 16, 2010 wrote: | Reply |
Always wanted to know what went on in the Congo - looks like it's still going on. Plot reads like non-fiction |
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| Cold War | |
| Erik on April 2, 2010 wrote: | Reply |
Agree with last two persons.Biased towards the West and colonialism. But a good read for all that. |
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| Easy on CIA | |
| Doug on April 1, 2010 wrote: | Reply |
Good plot good read but you were too easy on the CIA. Still, it's only fiction |
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| Hard on Che | |
| Pio on March 30, 2010 wrote: | Reply |
I know it's only fiction, but you are a bit insulting about Che Guevara On March 30, 2010 Ray Kane replied:Richly deserved, some would say. I hope you enjoyed the read, Pio |
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| Roger on March 18, 2010 wrote: | Reply |
What a character. Will we see him again? Great read On March 20, 2010 Ray Kane replied:Thanks Roger. Glad you enjoyed the book. Like a bad penny, Oregon will turn up again and again |
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