Chasing the Black Rooster
A trilogy
A first-hand story inspired by real
experiences during one of Africa’s
least understood wars.
About the plot
The plot deals with events that occurred during the final three years of the Angolan civil war, (1999-2002) from a new angle, which has, until now, remained unknown.
Angola’s civil war, which began with the expulsion of the Portuguese colonialists who had ruled the country since 1483, had been raging for twenty-five years.
Michael Greene is the pen name of an author whose novels are inspired by personal experiences in Africa. For personal and professional reasons, he chooses to remain anonymous.
Michael Greene
Diamond search in the river
The struggle between the Marxist government MPLA (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola) and the allegedly pro-west UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), spanned borders and continents, and led the major powers to intervene. Both sides used their own people as hostages, the country was destroyed, and its inhabitants had their possessions looted, were shot, and were exiled from their homes under the pressure of the warring parties. The struggle, which began as an ideological conflict, became a bloody war for control of the vast diamond fields of Angola.
After twenty-five years of war, the black rooster flag of UNITA, controlled entirely by the charismatic Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, flew in all rural areas stretching between the few remaining cities still in the hands of the government.
In early 1999, in exchange for the output of oil fields in Angola, private companies began to lead the process that would remove Savimbi from the scene and end the war.
Command group
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Formation
In Angola, bullets won the battles. Oil, diamonds and money decided the war.
It is a story of power, money, betrayal and survival — and of men who entered a war they believed they understood, only to discover that the real war was being fought somewhere else.
Welcome to the merciless world of arms dealers, oil, diamonds and mercenaries.
Michael Greene
All three books are available on Amazon.com in digital, hardcover, and audio editions.
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