In 1959, Patrice Lumumba, leader of the Congolese nationalist movement, was elected as the first Prime Minister of what was soon to become independent Congo. A few weeks after Independence Day in June 1960, military uprisings and a separatist movement, sponsored and organised by the CIA, broke out in the country. This provided the pretext for the arrival of imperialist troops, under the banner of the United Nations, posing as a peace force. By September, a coup overthrowing Lumumba was carried through. Lumumba was arrested and murdered in secret with the participation of Belgian officers and other imperialists.

The newly established revolutionary government of Cuba and the Cuban people were appalled at the Congolese slaughter and the treachery of the UN. And Cuban leadership, with Fidel Castro at the head, took the decision to organise whatever aid they could to help the African peoples struggling to throw off the chains of western colonialism.

This film documents two of the Cuban first attempts: in Congo and in Guinea Bissau. The film is about 1 hour long and tells an important story about Africa and Cuba that the western governments would rather bury.