Angola Today
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 228
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Angola
Author: Tony Hodges
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a comprehensive account of the profound changes in Angola's political economy.
A Short History of Modern Angola
Author: David Birmingham
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0190271302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Birmingham begins this short history of Angola in 1820 with the Portuguese attempt to create a third, African, empire after the virtual loss of Asia and America. In the 19th century the most valuable resource extracted from Angola was agricultural labour. The colony was managed by a few marine officers, white political convicts and black Angolans who had adopted Portuguese language and culture. The hub was the harbour city of Luanda which grew to be a dynamic metropolis of several million people. The export of labour was gradually replaced when an agrarian revolution enabled white Portuguese immigrants to drive black Angolan labourers to produce sugar-cane, cotton, maize and above all coffee. During the 20th century this wealth was supplemented by Congo copper, by gem-quality diamonds, and by off-shore oil. The generation of warfare finally ended in 2002 when national reconstruction could begin on Portuguese colonial foundations.
Angola
Author: Bethany Bryan
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 150264018X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe African nation of Angola has faced more than its share of conflict, originally colonized by Portugal in the sixteenth century and then embattled by a civil war that began in 1975 and lasted for almost thirty years. Today, Angola is a combination of African and Portuguese culture, and as the second-largest oil producer in Africa, its economy continues to grow. This comprehensive volume takes readers on a trip through the nation of Angola, delving into its history and exploring its modern culture, economy, government, and natural features and wildlife. It includes maps, colorful photographs, and engaging sidebars to guide readers through this fascinating country.
Angola
Author: Karl Maier
Publisher: Serif Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAngola's civil war was the longest and bloodiest in Africa. Once the battleground for a proxy war between the Cold War superpowers, the country was supposed to become a model for a smooth transition from armed conflict to democracy. The government, previously backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba, and the UNITA rebels, who once enjoyed American and South African support, would exchange bullets for ballots - but it all went wrong ... UNITA's Jonas Savimbi rejected his defeat in the country's first ever free elections and plunged Angola back into war. The international community could only wring its hands, eventually negotiating a fragile new peace agreement. For millions of Angolans, however, the effects of a quarter of a century of violence have proved to be more enduring than the taste of peace.
Empire in Africa
Author: David Birmingham
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2006-02-15
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0896804526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dark years of European fascism left their indelible mark on Africa. As late as the 1970s, Angola was still ruled by white autocrats, whose dictatorship was eventually overthrown by black nationalists who had never experienced either the rule of law or participatory democracy. Empire in Africa takes the long view of history and asks whether the colonizing ventures of the Portuguese can bear comparison with those of the Mediterranean Ottomans or those experienced by Angola’s neighbors in the Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, or the Dutch colonies at the Cape of Good Hope and in the Transvaal. David Birmingham takes the reader through Angola’s troubled past, which included endemic warfare for the first twenty-five years of independence, and examines the fact that in the absence of a viable neocolonial referee such as Britain or France, the warring parties turned to Cold War superpowers for a supply of guns. For a decade Angola replaced Vietnam as a field in which an international war by proxy was conducted. Empire in Africa explains how this African nation went from colony to independence, how in the 1990s the Cold War legacy turned to civil war, and how peace finally dawned in 2002.
Angola
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 216
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Publisher: MTH Multimedia S.L.
Published: 2008-05
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 8493397881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCulture and Customs of Angola
Author: Adebayo O. Oyebade
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2006-11-30
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0313015295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAngola has been brutalized by the civil war, which only ended in 1992. The war's adverse effect on every facet of Angola's post-independence life is clearly evident in the range of topics covered in this volume. The human cost of the war can be counted in the enormous loss of life and large-scale population displacement and in the continued postwar deaths and serious injuries inflicted by mines. The war also severely stunted economic growth and the development of necessary social services. However, since the end of the war Angola is slowly progressing. Many people have returned to their homes to continue their life. The task of rebuilding has been greatly assisted by humanitarian aid. Readers will learn about the nearly 100 ethnolinguistic groups and their various ways of life. Oyebade shows how religion defines the cultural character of the country. Christianity, the dominant religion, is portrayed as more urban-based, popular among the educated elite and middle class. Indigenous religious practices, still popular particularly in the rural areas, are covered as well. Oyebade celebrates the prolific Portuguese-language literary output and the skilled Angolan artists. Discussion of the traditional foods, ceremonies, music and dance, and more rounds out the coverage.
A Current Assessment of the Peace Process in Angola
Author: Patricia A. Tarin
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998-06
Total Pages: 61
ISBN-13: 0788171097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the proceedings of the May 1996 hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, House of Representatives, on the progress of the peace process in Angola. Includes testimony and prepared statements by: Prudence Bushnell, Deputy Assistant for African Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State; R. Bruce McColm, President, Institute for Democratic Strategies; and Dr. Gerald Bender, Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California.
