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02449aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 CDACE05A586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 191107s2019 sa 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1776094859 020 $a 9781776094851 035 $a (OCoLC)1126588079 040 $a OI@ $b eng $e rda $c OI@ $d CLU $d OCLCF $d OUN $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a DT1424.L38 $b A3 2019 082 04 $a 968.0627092 $2 23 100 1 $a Latter, Greg, $e author. 245 10 $a Angolsh : $b scenes from an army camp / $c Greg Latter. 264 1 $a Cape Town : $b Penguin Books, $c [2019] 300 $a 170 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "In early 1976 while working underground as a blaster on ERPM gold mine in Boksburg, Greg Latter was called up for a three-month army camp in Angola, and there was no getting out of it. The truth is, he was actually keen to go. This story is about those three months, told from the day he received his call-up telegram to the day after he got back. There is nothing gung-ho in the pages of this book. It's mainly about the cock-ups, of which there were countless, the major one involving Greg himself. It's also about the kak food and contraband dagga, the rumours and the confusion, the stubborn dirt and the stifling heat, local Angolans and Portuguese refugees, tough guys and tortured souls. Written with humour and humanity, Angolsh evokes the atmosphere of the 1970s and tells the story of a man coming of age"--Back cover. 600 10 $a Latter, Greg. 611 27 $a Civil War (Angola : 1975-2002) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352294 611 27 $a South African Incursions into Angola (1978-1990) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355023 648 7 $a 1975-2002 $2 fast 650 0 $a Soldiers $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 7 $a Armed Forces. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00814586 650 7 $a Soldiers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125233 651 0 $a Angola $x History $y South African Incursions, 1978-1990 $v Personal narratives. 651 0 $a Angola $x History $y Civil War, 1975-2002 $v Personal narratives. 651 0 $a South Africa $x Armed Forces $v Biography. 651 7 $a Angola. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208401 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Personal narratives. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423843 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015341.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CDACE05A586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search