The Africa Report

Angola: Radio as a form of struggle; scenes from late colonial times

As he entered, he noticed furtive gestures. The barman, Timoteo Chingualulo, turned down the volume on the radio and Chigualulo’s friend, António Francisco da Silva “Baião”, a nurse at the health ...
The Guardian

Forty years on from independence, Angola still lacks freedom

As the country marks its anniversary, the authoritarian and entrenched MPLA regime rules with the excesses of a colonial power Angola is celebrating 40 years of independence on 11 November. Now, ...
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Sounds of resistance: How the radio fuelled the revolution in colonial Angola

One August night in 1967 in the village of Mungo in central Angola, a Southern African nation, the local colonial administrator walked into a bar to buy cigarettes. As he entered, he noticed furtive ...
BBC

Angola's first post-colonial census starts

Oil-rich Angola is holding its first national census since 1970 - when the country was still a Portuguese colony. More than 90,000 officials have been deployed across the country, which is recovering ...
Radio France Internationale

Artistic exchange between Brazil and Angola aims to reclaim colonial ties

For the first time in its 73-year history, the Sao Paulo Biennial is taking artworks to the African continent with a travelling showcase in Angola. The event's curators told RFI they hope the project ...