Historical Dictionary of AngolaScarecrow Press, 27. 5. 2004. - 288 страница Angola is a large and populous African country, well endowed with natural resources such as petroleum and diamonds, but a country whose people have experienced long and destructive domination and civil war, resulting in tremendous political, economic, and social struggle. Now, however, Angola is at peace and making progress, and this Dictionary presents the history of this land and its people, and its potential for the future through more than 500 entries. This resource features a detailed chronology of the significant events that have taken place throughout the centuries; an extensive list of acronyms and abbreviations, in both English and Portuguese; maps; and an introductory essay that explains the richness of the land; its early history; and the current political, social, and economic conditions of its people. The more than 500 dictionary entries profile the significant persons, places, and events, as well as the political institutions and the economic and social achievements that are important to understanding Angola's history. For additional information, three appendices provide the name changes of places in Angola, the portfolios of the government, and an overview of Angola's oil production. The comprehensive bibliography concludes and complements this work with a selection of older works, and an emphasis on newer works written after 1990, as well as a useful selection of Internet sources, private sources, newspapers, and journals. |
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Editors Foreword | xi |
Acknowledgments | xiii |
Acronyms and Abbreviations | xv |
Maps | xxii |
Chronology | xxv |
Introduction | xxxvii |
The Dictionary | 1 |
Appendix 1Selected PlaceName Changes | 183 |
Appendix 2Government of Unity and NationalReconciliation September 2003 | 185 |
Appendix 3Angolas Oil Production | 187 |
Bibliography | 189 |
About the Author | 229 |
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Agostinho Neto Angola MPLA Angola UNITA Angolan Civil War Angolan government Angolanas FAA António areas Armadas de Angolanas army Bailundo Bakongo BATTLE OF LOMBA Benguela Bicesse Accords Cabinda capture cease-fire colonial Congo Cuba Cuito Cuanavale December diamonds economic Eduardo dos Santos elections FAPLA FNLA Forças Armadas Populares foreign Frente de Libertação Frente Nacional gola government of Angola guerrilla Huambo independence Independência Total International Jamba Jonas Savimbi Kwanza Libertação de Angola Libertação do Enclave LOMBA RIVER London Luanda Lusaka Protocol Mbundu military million minister Mission Mobutu Movimento Popular Mozambique MPLA Nacional de Libertação Namibia negotiations October Ovimbundu Partido PARTY CONGRESS peace pendência Total percent petroleum Policy political Popular de Libertação population Portugal Portuguese Press province rebels refugees Report Republic Roberto sanctions soldiers South African South West Africa Southern Africa Soviet Union SWAPO tion Total de Angola troops União Nacional United Nations York Zaire Zambia