- Angola History
From 1575 to current date information about the history and independence.
http://www.africanet.com/africanet/country/angola/history.htm
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Review It - Angola in the Eighteenth Century
Slaves were obtained by agents, called pombeiros, who roamed the interior, generally following established routes along rivers. They bought slaves, called peças (pieces), from local chiefs in exchange for commodities such as cloth and wine.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+ao0021)
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Review It - Encyclopedia. Angola (History)
The first Portuguese colony in Angola was established in Luanda in 1575, and, except for a short Dutch occupation (1641-48).
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/angola_history.asp
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Review It - Precolonial Angola
Although many parts of Africa has been carefully researched and preserved, there is relatively little information on the region that forms contemporary Angola as it was before the arrival of the Europeans in the late 1400s.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+ao0013)
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Review It - The Story of Angola and the Cocoa Islands
Chapter about Portuguese colonial rule of Angola, San Thome, and Principe from E. D. Morel's history of European imperialism in Africa, The Black Man's Burden.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/editions/morel/morel11.html
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Review It - Virtual History Tour of Angola
Overview of various periods in Angola's history, from the Embassy of the Republic of Angola.
http://www.angola.org/referenc/history/virtualtour.html
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Review It - Why Angola Matters
A book about twenty years after independence of Angola.
http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/ASC_home_page/publications/angola.html
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