British Angola Flag 1800 - 1975

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Today, following a guard of honour at the Presidential Palace, The Duke of Sussex had an audience with His Excellency João Lourenço, President of Angola. #RoyalVisitAngola

Antonio Agostinho Neto (Sept 17/1922 – Sept 10/1979) was celebrated Pan-Africanist, renowned poet & physician as well as revolutionary leader who after fighting against imperialist Portuguese become the first President of Angola (1975–1979).

Antonio Agostinho Neto (Sept 17/1922 – Sept 10/1979)

Angolan Civil War was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002

On this day, November 11, 1975, Angola's independence was proclaimed in the city of Luanda, after almost 500 years of Portuguese colonial rule. The first to proclaim the event was Augustine

Angola Independence day 1975