Fred Bridgland is a British writer and biographer. During the

Angolan Civil War The Angolan Civil War () was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. It was a power struggle between two for ...

, he wrote about

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

's involvement in

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

and in the 1990s he revealed

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

abuses committed by

UNITA The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Liberat ...

rebels under the command of

Jonas Savimbi Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi (; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA). UNITA was on ...

. Critics have derided his biography of Savimbi, ''Jonas Savimbi: A Key to Africa'', as the work of an apologist. Bridgland has denied this claim in interviews, saying rather he was just a biographer. Bridgland has written a number of books, including:
The War for Africa: Twelve Months That Transformed a Continent

Jonas Savimbi: A Key to Africa (1986)

Katiza's Journey
* Truth, Lies and Alibis: A Winnie Mandela story * The Guerrilla and the Journalist: Exploring the Murderous Legacy of Jonas Savimbi (Johannesburg: Delta, 2022)

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Angolan Civil War People of the South African Border War People of the Angolan Civil War British expatriates in South Africa British war correspondents British writers British people imprisoned in Syria {{UK-writer-stub