in 1959 Luanda was the most developed city in Africa. the people were richer than in Lisbon. The portuguese emigrate to Angola because it was more prosperous than portugal. imagine if Angola never went to civil war... it woul be the Norway of africa....
That is true, I totally get the need for independence from Portugal, but that 30 year civil war had a really bad impact in the country. As an Angolan it’s really sad to see pictures of Angola in the 60s vs today cause it was more developed back then, sure we have more technology now, but the government, the infrastructures, public services, etc. they were definitely better organized. Anyways just gotta keep having hope, hopefully the future leaders will be better than the current
yeah... why did nobody mention the powergames the US and USSR played, riling up the "rebels"? Who armed and radicalized them? Who tried to turn the overseas areas against Portugal?
Great video but there are a few things to brush up. The most important of which is the falsity that the slave trade, especially in Angola was completely permitted by the kingdoms and tribes that inhabited the land over the centuries. One example of this is the letters from an early Manikongo (King) to European powers asking for them to negotiate with the Portuguese about stopping the trading and abduction of Kongo peoples via the use of mercenaries in neighbouring states (since the population of the Kongo kingdom in the 16th century was beginning to dwindle due to the political situation both inside and surrounding the region - Kongo at this time couldn't afford to lose more people). I just believe it's important to clarify this in detail since the false perception originally pushed by colonialists of many years ago that the Atlantic slave trade was completely permitted is so prevalent. Especially within Africa, and also Angola (where I'm from) because of how destructively it has and does affect the population psychologically. Thank you for taking the time to read on Angola's history and making a digestible video (since its history is one that you have to really scour to find) and also outlining its future potential positively - hope to see more vids!
Hey! I was raised in a European country and I'm trying to broaden my knowledge of other parts of the world. Do you have any books or novels to suggest me that are either set in Angola or can make me gain a new perspective about the country?
@@melania3558 Hi Melania, I don't have many books or novels I can point you to since most of my knowledge stems from research papers and conversations with family then fact-checking because we're Angolan/Bantu ourselves. A place with good breadth of research papers on the Bantu region is Cambridge University's Journal of African History: www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history so that's the best place to start - another really good place when it comes to culture itself about Africa (historically speaking) as a whole is the youtube channel HomeTeam History. Another for Africa during post-independence is NewAfrica (just make sure you fact check things from time to time since RU-vidrs are humans as well and we all have the ability to go wrong or be biased when it comes to our information, no matter how "smart" we may be or sound).
Kinda glossed over the fact that the US abandoned Angola and South Africa was asked to go in there and I'd say that that battle was worth a bit more attention.
I got stoned and racked my brain for a country I didn't know anything about, settled on Angola, looked up "angola history" and was not disappointed. Keep learning stuff y'all it's cool
Já eu, ao invés de os agradecer, culpo-os por todos os males causados aos Angolanos. Sempre soubemos que, mesmo com o A. Neto, o MPLA tinha de chegar a um consenso com os outros partidos políticos que lutaram para a independência de Angola e não simplesmente proclamar a independência em Luanda, tal como fizeram. Os males começaram ali. Ademais, o MPLA nunca soube gerir as riquezas de Angola em prol dos angolanos e sempre enriqueceram-se à si e à sua família. Dizem que o País é democrático, mas o partido que ocupa o poder está lá há mais de 40 anos, isto contradiz tudo.
Obrigado pela corrupção ? O MPLA é um partido cheio de narcisistas , sociopatas e psychopaths. Não estão interessados no bem estar do povo Angolano . So roubam . Este vídeo é positivo , o que prova que este senhor não entende a realidade e os problemas do país . Por causa do MPLA a maioria do povo é analfabeto . O systema de saúde é uma porcaria ; o mesmo com as infrastructuras .
Watch geography now’s video on Angola he talks about it… I watch Mr history and his videos hand in hand. They’re great together (since geography now covers a lot of present day topics possessed to history)
Portuguese language should be phased out of schools and eventually within a few decades a better stronger identity will allow for an enhanced functioning social system
It’s kind of messed up how you’re trying to excuse the European slave trade in Africa. The people were often kidnapped with NO ONE’S consent, and the times that humans were traded like inanimate objects with the consent of their people is still wrong on the part of the buyer/seller. That’s like someone selling their child in the human trafficking underground, but we let the buyer off the hook because it was the parent doing the selling.
Exactly. Besides, if there is a selling that is because there is a demand. As you mentioned when it comes to child trafficking. The parents certainly would not be able to sell their children if there was no one asking to buy them.
A true historian understands that you shouldn't judge History, especially from 200+ years in the past. He's not excusing, he's just telling it how it was.
What happened to whites in Angola was much worse than anyone can imagine. There’s so many horror stories of mutilations and demonic inhumane killings that have never been told about.
im doing research for an angola presentation for my world cultures class and thought hey that jonas savimbi guy looks like that guy from black ops. then I realized he was that guy.
I think you forgot to mention king leopold of belgium who caused a 15 million Congolese/Bantu genocide. Lastly, the Bantu migration was because of slavery. When you talk about people selling their own you have to talk about Leopold’s of Belgium techniques he’d use. For example, he’d put a South African leader in charge of the people but that person was taking orders from him. Don’t tell His-STORY tell HISTORY WHICH SHOULD BE BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
@@kepagdlt5247 are you dumb Angola is really central/more South Africa. When you fuck up the stability of the south you make them Vulnerable. This mass genocide was used as a siege to take South Africa then take the land of the south. Hint Afrikaners. They wanted to do this because In history they never could find a white civilization in Africa. All they could find is remains of the Shona tribe which was a tribe built by the Kalanga people formed kingdoms on the Zimbabwe plateau. Which where Bantu Congolese people.
@@TheKhaylub1 my point is that you are complaining about a video called the history of Angola not mentioning a genocida that occurred in the belgian Congo
@@kepagdlt5247 complaining I heard biased information. They talk about slaves being sold? Why not talk about the techniques of intimidation on the entire south of Africa? I mean that’s the riches part of Africa now a huge tourist attraction. Lastly, when you argue slavery know there’s different types of slavery chattel slavery was inhuman. The only people doing chattel slavery were the Christians and this started later on in the 17 and 18th century. This slavery ways where not the norm
The language in this video is so critically corrupted. Notice how you’re clever enough to differentiate the cultural identities existing within Angola at the time, but when you address how the BAKONGO (people of the Kongo kingdom), traded slaves with the Portuguese, you just say Angolans. This is how you manipulate language. There was no Angola back then. Modern day Angola has so many Joe kingdoms to the south. The Ndongo were rebels to the Congo. That’s why they had no mercy in selling who they saw as enemies. And, no, african societies and government forms had SERVANTS, like everywhere else. Not slaves, that word slaves is often thrown into the African context by European apologetics aiming to equate the gravity of their deed in Africa with African forms of governance. And that’s quite shameful. Otherwise great Video. Lol
