Book
Contested power in Angola, 1840s to the present
University of Rochester Press • Rochester, N.Y. • Published In 2000 • Pages:
By: Heywood, Linda M. (Linda Marinda).
Abstract
In this book, Heywood summarizes the material from her dissertation (document no. 9) and continues the history of the Ovimbundu and Angola up to 1997. Her objective is to account for the bitter ethnic conflict and civil war that has ravaged the postcolonial state (1975-1992). She focuses on the repressive Salazar regime (1932-1968), and the implementation of its racist program to make Angola a country of white settlers supported by a black rural proletariat. The regime broke the back of Ovimbundu rural farmers through its oppressive tax and corvée system, and corrupt agricultural marketing boards. She also exmaines the war of liberation (1961-1975) and its connection to regional and global politics. Backed by the United States, UNITA (Uniao Nacional de Independencia Total de Angola) leader Jonas Savimbi was able to exploit the rural-urban rift in the civil war that followed Angolan Independence.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1979-1980
- Coverage Date
- 1840-1997
- Coverage Place
- Angola
- Notes
- by Linda Heywood
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index
- LCCN
- 00027765
- LCSH
- Mbundu (African people)