Soviet Policy in West Africa (1956-1964) as an Episode of the Cold War
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CWIHP Fellow Sergei Mazov (Moscow) will discussed the history of Soviet policy in West Africa from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
This event was Co-sponsored by the Africa Project
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