Centuries-long Portuguese colony, won independence after a long liberation war.
Portuguese Angola became independent as the People's Republic of Angola on 11 November 1975, following the Alvor Agreement signed after Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution ended the colonial war.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Portuguese Angola — the shape you scrub through changes in 1575 · 1865 · 1922 · 1945.
Birmingham's concise history of modern Angola through Portuguese rule and independence.
Broad modern African history for wider Lusophone-colonial context.
Pepetela's celebrated novel follows a generation of Angolan militants from the anti-colonial struggle against Portuguese rule through the disillusionments after independence.