In 1959 Frantz Fanon met in Rome with Angolan writers related to the foundation of the MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola). This essay will attempt to analyse the context and the implications this meeting was to have on the organization of the struggle for independence of the...
while apartheid South Africa, supported by the West, backed the FNLA and later, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The conflict dragged on for years, claiming countless lives.
After independence, Angola was the scene of an intense civil war from 1975 to 2002. The country has vast mineral and petroleum reserves, and its economy has on average grown at a twodigit pace since the 1990s, especially since the end of the civil war. In spite of this, standards of li...
In the fight for national liberation and independence, China and African countries supported each other and expanded mutual political trust in the process. In pursuing economic development and national rejuvenation, both sides have been helping the other and increasing the scope of cooperation. On majo...
The policy of production and commercialization of timber before and after the independence of Angola was assessed. Historical production of timber under control of Portuguese settlers before 1975 in comparison to the production of timber after this period was reviewed. We used a combination of ...
Republic of Angola- a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 Angola Angolan capital,Luanda- port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola ...
This article explores the escalation of tensions surrounding Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, when a protracted war of national liberation escalated sharply into an international crisis. Rather than see Angola as merely a proxy war, the article depicts the varied responses to Angolan anti...
Yet in the Angolan Civil War (1992鈥 2002), the use of conflict diamonds by the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) resulted in a decisive insurgent defeat. How can this outcome be explained? Offering a nuanced understanding of how conflict diamonds affect civil war, ...
(Placename) a republic in SW Africa, on the Atlantic: includes the enclave of Cabinda, north of the River Congo; a Portuguese possession from 1575 until its independence in 1975; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991; factional violence. It consists of a narrow coastal plain with a large fe...
AN international effort has been launched to calm rising tensions between the major adversaries in Angola following the apparent defeat of anti-government rebels in the country's first-ever democratic ballot.Jonas Savimbi, leader of the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, has...