A young Namibian goes into exile to join SWAPOs military wing, PLAN, in the late 1970s. After dedicating his life to the movement, a series of purges within the organisation lead to him being wrongfully branded an apartheid spy and traitor. So begins Oiva Angulas terrifying story of betrayal and torture by his comrades, which culminates in imprisonment in the omalambo the hidden pits in Lubango, Angola, into which he, along with many others, is cast and left to die.

SWAPO Captive  threads together personal narrative and national history, including childhood impressions that hint at a racially segregated existence, the rising tensions sparked by the apartheid regimes rule over South West Africa, his fathers role in early liberation movements, and Angulas own politicisation and decision to join the struggle.

SWAPO Captive  reveals little-known narratives from the other side of the Border War: life in a PLAN training camp, political education in the Eastern Bloc, and a foot soldiers role in the war for independence.

Angula also addresses the wall of silence imposed after independence in Namibia with respect to possible war crimes committed by SWAPO, condemning the party that claimed to fight for freedom for all.