Angola

=Angola = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =__Angola__ __Capital city:__  Luanda = = __Land area:__ 481,351 square miles (almost twice  the size of Texas)   = == __Population:__ about 12,878,000   == = __Birth Rate:__ 48 per 1,000 pop  = = __Mortality Rate:__ 125 per 1,000 live births = = **__Religions:__** **Christianity is the religion of the majority. About 5 million people, or 38% of the population, are Roman Catholic as of 1998. About 15% of the population are of Protestant denominations; the largest include Methodist, Baptist, Congregationalists (United Church of Christ), and Assemblies of God. The largest syncretic religious group is the Kimbanguist Church, whose followers believe that the mid-20th century Congolese pastor Joseph Kimbangu was a prophet. Almost half the population (47%) follow African traditional beliefs either entirely or in combination with other faiths. Communities in rural areas of the country practice animism and other native religions.** = = __Ethnicities__: Ovimbundu is 37%, Mbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13% Other groups include Chokwe (or Lunda), Ganguela, Nhaneca-Humbe, Ambo, Herero, and Xindunga. = = = = = = Sources we used to find this information: Text Book [] = = = = Climate regions in Angola and descriptions of each: The climate regions of Angola consist of tropical & dry, desert, and semiarid. =  ** Culture
 * The highest temperature is in Luanda which is 30° Celsius (86° Fahrenheit). The lowest temperature is 17 Celsius° which makes it 62 degrees Fahrenheit.

What type of clothes do they were? What kind of ethnic food do they eat? Angolan food mostly consists of seafood they eat crabs, mussels, fish and much more seafood. They are 18 provinces in Angola most of them have their own cuisine all of them are not the same.
 * Lightweight cottons and linens throughout the year in the south. Tropical clothing for summers in the north. Nights can be cold, so warm clothing should be taken. Waterproofing is advisable for the rainy season throughout the country.**

Frango Grelhado Piri Piri ** Camarao Grelhado com Molho Cru Papaya with Port Wine ** What kind of ethnic art do they have in your country? ** The art of Angola derives from centuries of tradition and cultural rituals. The most famous symbols are wooden masks and sculptures, which are not only merely aesthetic creations, but play an important role in rituals that celebrate the passage from childhood to adulthood, the birth and the death, the new harvest, the hunting season, etc. The use of ceremonial masks is always accompanied with music and storytelling. In producing masks and other items, each ethno-linguistic group has distinct styles,working in wood, ivory, bronze, malachite and ceramic. **

African Masks // Sources that you used to find this information [] // // [] // // [] // [] = Angolan History = **Event 1**: -  __Name of event__: Angolan Colonization -  __Date of event__: 1482 A.D.  __Description of event__: In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Congo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. Angola's land has been inhabited by Bantu tribes for thousands of years. When they arrived they began an enormous slave trade from Angola to Brazil that took over 3 million people into slavery over the course of 3 centuries. **Event 2**: -   Name of event: Ndongo Succession -  Date of event: 1635 A.D.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">__Description of event__: <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;"> The Ndongo rose to prominence again when Jinga Mbandi, known as Queen Jinga, took power. A wily politician, she kept the Portuguese in check with carefully-prepared agreements. After undertaking various journeys she succeeded in 1635 in forming a grand coalition with the states of Matamba and Ndongo, Congo, Kassanje, Dembos and Kissamas. At the head of this formidable alliance, she forced the Portuguese to retreat. **Event 3**: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">__Name of event:__ War Over Luanda -  __Date of event__: 1671 A.D.  __Description of event__: The Portuguese gradually took control of the coastal strip throughout the 16th century by a series of treaties and wars. The Dutch occupied Luanda from 1641-48, providing a boost for anti-Portuguese states. In 1648, Brazilian-based Portuguese forces re-took Luanda and initiated a process of military conquest of the Congo and Ndongo states that ended with Portuguese victory in 1671. **Event 4**: -  __Name of event__: Slave Trades -  __Date of event__: 1700 A.D. - 1799 A.D. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">__Description of event__: In the 17th century Queen Nzinga resisted Portuguese influence for decades. Back in the 17th century, most of the slaves called //pecas// who were transported to work in Portuguese farms and plantations came from Angola. This was a time when Europe was going through the agrarian revolution and was therefore in high demand for labor for their large plantations. Initially, the reason why the Portuguese were interested in Angola was because it served as a link between Africa and Europe plus the fact that it had vast gold deposits that could be exploited and exported. It was not until much later that the interest was turned into slavery and slave trade.

- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">__Name of event__: Importing and Exporting in Luanda <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> -  __Date of event__: 1850 A.D.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">__Description of event__: <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">There was a gradual change from a slave-based society to one based on production for domestic consumption. By 1850 Luanda was a great city, full of trading companies, exporting (together with Benguela) palm and peanut oil, wax, copal, timber, ivory, cotton, coffee, and cocoa, among other products. Maize, tobacco, dried meat and cassava flour also began to be produced locally. The Angolan bourgeoisie was born. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> -  __Name of event__: Angolan Independence <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Trebuchet MS'; msolist: Ignore; mso-list: Ignore;">- __Date of event__: <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">November 11, 1975 A.D.   <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'mso-ansi-language;">__Description of event__: More overtly political organizations first appeared and began to make organized demands for their rights, initiating diplomatic campaigns throughout the world in their fight for independence. The colonial power, meanwhile, refused to accede to the nationalist’s demands, thereby provoking the armed conflict that came to be known as the ‘Armed Struggle’. In this struggle, the principal protagonist were the MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola), the FNLA (National Front for the Liberation of Angola), and UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola). After many years of conflict, the nation gained its independence on 11 November 1975. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
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