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Also known as: Republic of Angola, Republica de Angola
Written by
John Kelly Thornton
Professor, Department of History and African American Studies Center, Boston University.
John Kelly Thornton,
William Gervase Clarence-Smith
Reader in the Economic History of Asia and Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Author of The Third Portuguese Empire: A Study in Economic Imperialism, 1826–1975.
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Angola, country located in southwestern Africa. A large country, Angola takes in a broad variety of landscapes, including the semidesert Atlantic littoral bordering Namibia’s “Skeleton Coast,” the sparsely populated rainforest interior, the rugged highlands of the south, the Cabinda exclave in the north, and the densely settled towns and cities of the northern coast and north-central river valleys. The capital and commercial centre is Luanda, a large port city on the northern coast that blends Portuguese-style colonial landmarks with traditional African housing styles and modern industrial complexes. Angola at the beginning of the 21st century was a country ravaged by ...(100 of 12943 words)

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