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May Day and Textile Workers in Angola 1975
Photos by Frits EisenloeffelJournalist Frits Eisenloeffel visited Angola in 1975 and 1976 to witness the transfer of power from the Portuguese to the Angolan liberation movement and the... [Image gallery]
African Warrior Queen
Ana Nzinga was a legendary warrior queen in 17th-century Portuguese Guinea (modern-day Angola) who opposed the Portuguese slave traders in her homeland. She even pacted with the Dutch in order to... [Item of the Day]
May Day Postponed
In Angola, a postponed May 1st Demonstration was organized by a trade union in favour of the marxist-leninist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on 22 May, 1975.The demonstration... [Item of the Day]