Miyambo m'mayiko angapo a ku Africa ndi Caribbean sabata ino ndi zaka makumi awiri za nkhondo ya 1988 ya Cuito Cuanavale ku Angola. Pachigwirizano chankhondo ichi, chomwe Nelson Mandela adachitcha "chinthu chofunikira kwambiri polimbana ndi tsankho", Asilikali aku Angola ndi gulu lomenyera ufulu la Namibia, limodzi ndi masauzande makumi masauzande ankhondo aku Cuba ndi ndege zidagonjetseratu magulu ankhondo apamtunda ndi apamlengalenga a South Africa yolamulidwa ndi azungu, ndipo pamapeto pake adakakamiza olamulira aku South Africa kuti abwere pagome lokambirana.
Kalelo mu 1974, gulu lankhondo la Chipwitikizi linathetsa nkhondo zake zakupha za kugonjetsa atsamunda Angola ndi kwina pogwetsa boma lake ndikuchoka Africa. Pafupifupi dziko la Angola litangolandira ufulu. America's puppet dictator of the Congo, Mobutu anatumiza asilikali Angola kuchokera kumpoto, pamene woyera ankalamulira South Africa, komanso Washington'madalitso, adalandidwa Angola kuchokera kummwera.
Asitikali ankhondo aku South Africa aku South Africa amaganiziridwa kuti ndi amphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, okhoza kuyendetsa kuchokera Cape Town ku Cairo ndi kutsutsa pang'ono. Anthu aku Angola, ngakhale ndi thandizo lochepa kuchokera ku Soviet Union, ankaganiziridwa kuti adzawonongedwa. Usiku wautali wa tsankho unkawoneka kuti utalikirapo kummwera Africa. Ngakhale maulamuliro ambiri ku kontinentiyi amatsutsa kusankhana mitundu South Africa mwamwano komanso mwaulamuliro, palibe amene adatumiza munthu m'modzi ndi ndodo kuti akakanize kuwukira kwa dziko la South Africa. Kokha Cuba, mwa onse Africa ndipo maiko a ku Africa anali ndi zida za kulimba mtima kwamakhalidwe abwino ndi kutsimikiza mtima kuthandizira zida zolimbana ndi tsankho.
Poyankha pempho la boma latsopano la Angola, komanso kuyitanidwa kwa makolo awo aku Africa zikwizikwi za asitikali aku Cuba adawolokanso. Atlantic ndipo ndi akasinja, ndege ndi zida zina anafika kudzamenyana ndi asilikali atsankho ku South Africa. Ngakhale a Cuba ndi anzawo aku Angola adathamangitsa gulu lankhondo loyera la South Africa ndi zidole zake zakuda kuchokera pafupi ndi Angola'likulu, anthu aku South Africa adakhalabe okhoza kuphulitsa ndi kuwukira Southern Angola, nthawi zina ndi mphamvu zazikulu ndithu.
Pofika 1988 South Africa anali atapeza zida za nyukiliya ndipo asilikali ake atsankho anali atalandanso Angola ndi chivomerezo chanthawi zonse cha ku America, kuwopseza kuti atenga malo ofunikira apamlengalenga ndi mphambano yamtsinje wa Cuito Cuanavale. Cuba adapangana ndi kukweza kwakukulu kwa mpweya ndi nyanja, komanso mothandizidwa ndi Barbados ndi Guyana, zomwe zinaika pangozi US kusavomerezedwa ndi kupaka mafuta ndege zopita ku Africa zonyamula zida, zida ndi asitikali adasonkhanitsa gulu lankhondo lalikulu. Oyendetsa ndege aku Cuba adagwetsa ndege zaku South Africa kuchokera kumwamba. Cuba zolimbitsa Asilikali a 40,000 mu opareshoni yomwe idayima ndikubweza kubwerera ku South Africa kupita kumalire a Namibia.
Nkhondo ya Cuito Cuanavale inakakamiza tsankho South Africaolamulira oyera kusiya maloto awo olamulira ankhondo amderali. South Africa adakakamizika kuyambitsa zokambirana za ufulu wakuda Namibia, yomwe idakhala kuyambira 1915, ndikuvomera kumasulidwa kwa Nelson Mandela ndipo pamapeto pake adzalamulira ambiri. South Africa yokha. Dziko latsopano la South Africa lidakhala loyamba m'mbiri kusiya ndi kuwononga zida zake zanyukiliya. โMbiri ya Africa,โ anatsimikiza motero Fidel Castro, โzidzalembedwa kale ndi pambuyo pake Cuito Cuanavale.โ
Nelson Mandela akuvomereza. โKugonjetsedwa kwa gulu lankhondo latsankho ku Cuito Cuanavale kwatheketsaโ iye akutero โkuti ine ndikhale pano lero! Cuito Cuanavale ndi chochitika chosaiwalika mโmbiri ya kumenyera ufulu wa anthu a ku Southern Africa.โ
Unali kupambana ku Cuito Cuanavale komwe kunali chiyambi cha kutha kwa tsankho. Ndi chigonjetso chomwe chiyenera kudziwika kwambiri, ndikukondweretsedwa pano.
Bruce Dixon amakhala ku Atlanta dera ndipo mutha kulumikizana naye pa bruce.dixon(at)blackagendareport.com