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Hardcover Don't Quit, Don't Cry! Book

ISBN: B0C5SCD9KS

ISBN13: 9798885144254

Don't Quit, Don't Cry!

Don't Quit Don't Cry is a Canadian's gripping life story.August 1967: Canada celebrates its centennial; Jacques R. Roy studies African history and Kiswahili in Montr al. With a deep sense of justice, freedom, and liberty, Jacques joins CUSO as a teacher and leaves for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Jacques meets Dr. Agostinho Neto, President and Founder of the MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola). Dr. Neto needs radio links. Jacques can solve this problem. All of this will require complete secrecy.
April 1968: Dr. Neto invites Jacques to the eastern Angolan front. He likes the radio results and sends Roy to mobilize Canadian public opinion.- 1970: South Africa's ANC external leaders Hani and Mbeki ask Jacques to create a spy unit. Cover: a love story with missions worthy of James Bond and Indiana Jones.- 1974: Jacques brings Dr. Neto to Ottawa's parliamentary committee. Dr. Neto asks for liberation for six nations from minority rule.- November 11, 1975: Independence. CIA steps in.- 1998: Unstoppable, Roy goes back to Angola. Mission: Stop the civil war. The plan: Follow the blood diamonds.- Results: Canada's UN Ambassador Robert Fowler visits Africa, writes the Fowler Report. The UN imposes sanctions and blood diamond funds dry up.- April 2002: civil war ends.- 2008: Veterans of Angola Liberation (LIVEGA) induct Jacques Roy, card number 00A.
WE... RECOGNIZE JACQUES ROY... A DIPLOMAT, AN EDUCATOR A PRACTICAL MAN, SENSITIVE, WOLRD VISION, INTERNATIONALIST... JACQUES IS OUR FRIEND AND ALWAYS WELCOMED IN ANGOLA AGOSTINHO NETO PRESIDENT REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA 1975

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