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Angola Quotes
Angola's story spans colonial history, independence, and its growing role in international affairs, especially through its resources and location on the Gulf of Guinea. This collection of Angola quotes brings together reflections on the country's people, its politics, and the work still needed for progress, particularly for women.
Angola's history is deeply tied to the wider story of Africa, from colonial rule to a hard-won independence.
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I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.
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The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.
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Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too.
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The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.
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The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.
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