angola

Examines the history and modern-day status of the African nation of Angola, and provides information on the country's geography and ecology, government, economy, people, culture, and cities and communities. Includes a calendar of Angola's festivals, recipes, and other reference tools.

An analysis of the civil war in Angola, a twenty-year conflict that was supposed to be settled in 1992 with the country's first democratic election, but that broke out again when Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, rejected his defeat at the polls.

An acclaimed travel writer and novelist describes his journey across Africa, from Cape Town to Cape Province and into Namibia, riding elephants, meeting Bushmen, and discussing the changes that have taken place since his first visit fifty years ago.

Delta Force major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, Army intelligence officer assigned to the office of homeland security is ordered to travel undercover to Africa to investigate the hijacking of a 727 in Angola and the murder of its crew.

Delta Force major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, Army intelligence officer assigned to the office of homeland security is ordered to travel undercover to Africa to investigate the hijacking of a 727 in Angola and the murder of its crew.

Provides an overview of the post-colonial wars in the southern African countries of Angola and Mozambique, discussing the history of the conflicts, the issues, tactics, and negotiations involved, and the participants on both sides of the crises, and including an update on conditions as they stand in the late 1990s.

Describes the geography, history, people, and culture of Angola.

Photographs and text look at the past, development, and present culture of Angola and its inhabitants.

Examines the history and modern-day status of the African nation of Angola, and provides information on the country's geography and ecology, government, economy, people, culture, and cities and communities. Includes a calendar of Angolan festivals, recipes, and other reference tools.