01723nam a22002777a 4500 3228 20240111122623.0 2024 s2024 sa 000 0aeng 9781776094851 RDA ENG 3228 f-sa--- 968.0627092 LATT Latter, Greg, author. 87770 Angolsh : scenes from an army camp / Greg Latter. Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, 2019. 170 pages ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "In early 1976 while working underground as a blaster on ERPM gold mine in Boksburg, Greg Latter was called up for a three-month army camp in Angola, and there was no getting out of it. The truth is, he was actaully keen to go. This story is about those three-months, told from the day he rececived his call-up telegram to the day after he got back. There is nothing gung-ho in the pages of this book. It's mainly about the cock-ups, of which there were countless, the major one involving Greg himself. It's also about the kak food and contraband dagga, the rumours and the confusion, the stubborn dirt and the stifling heat, local Angolans and Portuguese refugees, tough guys and tortured souls. Written with humour and humanity, Angolsh evokes the atmoshere of the 1970s and tells the story of a man coming of age"-- Cover p. 4. Latter, Greg. 87770 South Africa. National Defence Force. Special Forces Military life. 185409 Soldiers South Africa Biography. 185410 Coming of age South Africa. 185411 ddc BOOK 169 Boniswa Ngcongolo 169 Boniswa Ngcongolo 761536 761535 0 0 ddc 0 0 900 ERMEL KHULL Non_Fiction 2024-01-11 0 968.0627092 LATT 33228031002732 2024-01-11 2024-01-11 BOOK 0 0 ddc 0 0 900 STANL STANL Non_Fiction 2025-09-26 342.50 968.0627092 LATT 3322803187997 2025-09-26 342.50 2025-09-26 BOOK