W. Martin James - Historical Dictionary of Angola

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: James, W. Martin, author.

Title: Historical dictionary of Angola / W. Martin James.

Description: Third edition. | Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. | Series: Historical dictionaries of Africa

Identifiers: LCCN 2017048642 (print) | LCCN 2017050141 (ebook) | ISBN 9781538111239 (electronic) | ISBN 9781538111222 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: AngolaHistoryEncyclopedias.

Classification: LCC DT1264 (ebook) | LCC DT1264 .J36 2018 (print) | DDC 967.3/003dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017048642

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.

Printed in the United States of America

Angola is one of Africas larger and certainly richer countries, although it is not certain that has done it much good. It was discovered, as the term goes, back in 1484 by the Portuguese, who held on to it for almost five centuries, until the country finally become independent in 1975, thanks to the actions of three major rival liberation movements best known by their acronyms, the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA. But this led almost immediately to a civil war from 1975 to 2002, in which the first of these came out on top and proceeded to run the new independent state under its leader, Agostinho Neto, until 1979, and then until recently under Jos Eduardo dos Santos, who was succeeded in 2017 by his handpicked successor, Joo Loureno. So it was free, but hardly democratic, and that condition may not come about until later on under its existing electoral setup. At present, it is also relatively prosperous, at least the country is, benefiting from oil and other natural resources as well as some agriculture and industry. But the prosperity is not widely spread, with those at the top rewarding themselves disproportionately and those further down taking whatever cut they can. So this is not quite a success story, but it does show some promise.