Tito Chingunji
Tito Chingunji | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pedro Ngueve Jonatão Chingunji c. 1955[1] |
| Died | August 1991 (aged 36) Angola |
| Spouse | Raquel "Romy" Matos[2] |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Jonatao and Violeta Chingunji |
| Relatives | David and Dinho (nephews) Kafundanga (brother) |
Pedro Ngueve Jonatão "Tito" Chingunji (c. 1955 - August 1991)[3] served as the foreign secretary of Angola's The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebel movement in the 1980s and early 1990s. In the mid-1980s, he was UNITA's representative in Washington, D.C.[4][5]
Death
Chingunji was murdered in Angola in 1991[6] under circumstances still not fully understood. Some blamed his murder on UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi, who purportedly viewed Chingunji as a political threat. Fred Bridgland, Savimbi's biographer and longtime supporter, claimed that between 60 and 70 of Chingunji's relatives were killed following his own execution, including his own children who were swung against trees.[7] Savimbi, however, suggested Chingunji's killing was more likely the work of UNITA dissidents or the Central Intelligence Agency, which, Savimbi argued, had supported Chingunji in an effort to overthrow him.[8]
References
- ^ "£ANGOLA @An appeal for prompt action to protect human rights" (PDF). Amnesty International. May 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Bridgland, Fred (2022-10-25). "BIG READ: The day a hero of the people decided to murder them". Business Live. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Mawela, Jacob (2022-09-20). "The Guerrilla and the Journalist- Exploring the Murderous Legacy of Jonas Savimbi". Soweto Life. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "Sub-Saharan Africa Report" (PDF). National Technical Information Service. 1987-03-04. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Baines, Gary Fred (May 2023). "Book Review: A Spectre Haunting a Journalist and a Devastated Land". Historia. 68 (1): 177. doi:10.17159/2309-8392/2023/v68n1a7.
- ^ Brittain, Victoria (1998). Death of Dignity: Angola's Civil War. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-1247-7.
- ^ "Angola: Don't Simplify History, Says Savimbi's Biographer". 25 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13.
- ^ "Angolan rebel lays killings to a CIA plot," The New York Times, May 5, 1992.