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Rulers.org — Angola list of rulers for Angola; WorldStatesmen; The African Activist Archive Project website has material on colonialism and the struggle for independence in Angola and support in the U.S. for that struggle produced by many U.S. organizations including documents, photographs, buttons, posters, T-shirts, audio and video.
This is a list of conflicts in Angola arranged chronologically from the early modern period to the present day. This list includes nationwide and international wars, including: wars of independence , liberation wars , colonial wars , undeclared wars , proxy wars , territorial disputes , and world wars .
This is a list of years in Angola. See also the timeline of Angolan history . For only articles about years in Angola that have been written, see Category:Years in Angola .
Angola was a part of Portuguese West Africa from the annexation of several territories in the region as a colony in 1655 until its designation as an overseas province, effective October 20, 1951. Brazil's influence in Angola grew substantially after 1650, with some observers comparing Angola's relationship with Brazil as a colony to its empire. [6]
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Historical events in Angola (9 C) H. Historiography of Angola (5 P) L. ... Pages in category "History of Angola" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 ...
National Liberation Army of Angola or ELNA (National Liberation Front of Angola or FNLA), Zaire and South Africa: People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola or FAPLA and Cuba: FAPLA victory Angolan War of Independence (1961–1974) MPLA FNLA UNITA FLEC: Portugal South Africa: Political victory. Alvor Agreement, Angolan independence in 1975 ...
Portuguese Paulo Dias de Novais secured a grant allowing him to colonize what is now Angola. In exchange for agreeing to raise private funds to finance his expedition, bring Portuguese colonists and build forts in the country, the crown gave him rights to conquer and rule the sections south of the Kwanza River.