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A Short History of Modern Angola (Paperback) Price: R305
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A Short History of Modern Angola (Paperback)

David Birmingham

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Celebrated Africanist David Birmingham draws on decades of extensive scholarly research, and the ‘accidental adventures’ that make up his life as an historian, to offer this comprehensive account of Angola’s modern history.

Beginning in 1820, Birmingham details the Portuguese attempt to create a third, African, empire in Angola after the virtual loss of Asia and America. He charts the great flows of migrant people to and from the country that underpinned these colonial efforts and the burgeoning slave trade that went hand in hand with it. The book is a journey through the 20th century in Angola – the playing out of its politics, trade and labour practices against the backdrop of white settlement, and the eventual fall of Portuguese colonialism and Angola’s struggle for national identity. It concludes with an examination of the civil war that ravaged the country in the 70s and 80s, which ended in 2002, but from whose legacy the Angolan people are still trying to rebuild today.

Beyond A Short History of Modern Angola’s concise and comprehensive historical narrative, Birmingham illustrates the fascinating link between the British Cadbury chocolate company and Angola, as well as the origins of the term ‘Lusophone’.

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Imprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: February 2019
Authors: David Birmingham
Dimensions: 211 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-86842-939-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > History > African history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-86842-939-3
Barcode: 9781868429394

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