Namibia: How We Crossed the Border Into Angola

17 March 2015

A FEW metres from where we were, we came across fresh footprints of the South African soldiers. It was at that moment that I understood why we were ordered to stop. Then as we moved forward, we came across an open space. "Run, run!" shouted a fighter nearby.

After crossing the open space, the fighters later told us that we had crossed into Angola. The open space was the borderline between Angola and the then South West Africa. After walking for about two kilometres into Angola, we could see freedom fighters hugging each other and laughing jovially. Some of them even began singing revolutionary songs.

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