By DARLINGTON CHILUBATHERE is a curious case of the independence struggle of Angola where the Portuguese colonialists did not hand over administrative power of the country but simply left.Unlike the British colonialists in Zambia or Botswana where a ceremonial transfer of power signalled independence and the reality of an indigenous government, Angola did not have that.Portugal, at that time, was going through its own internal fracas which made their continued stay in Angola nearly impossible. This is one version of events. Nonetheless, the three political movements, namely the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) were left to fight each other and not for the country, per se.What made the Angolan situation volatile was that their foreign allies provided them with guns than a peaceful roadmap to undo the damage of Portugal’s premature departure. During that period, the United […]
Casualties of Global Power
