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Angola, Portugal
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24 Oct 2017
Events
Bill for the colonies - appended to constitution 1933
Hijacking of Santa Maria by Captain Henrique Galvão
Marcelo Caetano replaces Salazar as prime minister
India seizes Goa
Africa League active in Lisbon
African National Party (PNA) active in Lisbon
1923 - second session of 3rd Pan African Congress held in Lison
1948-50 Mengsagem published
1948 Angolan Committee of the PCP formed
1954 Angolan Communist Party (PCA) formed
1957 Angolan branch of PIDE formed
1959 wave of arrests of Angolan dissidents
1959-60 Portugal increased military presence in Angola
Jan 1959 - anti-colonial agitation in Belgian Congo, rioting in Leopoldville
MPLA founded in Luanda (official history)
All-Africa Conference, Accra
MPLA founded in Accra, established in Conakry (disputed version)
Independence of Congo
Post independence of Congo, up to 58 Angolan nationalist groups working out of Leopordville
4 Feb - Attack on prison in Luanda
March - violence in northern coffee-growing areas
Letter to visiting US State Department calling for an end to Portuguese rule in the Kongo kingdom signed by Holden Roberto and others
Periods
Portuguese republic
Estado Novo
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
Mozambican War of Independence
40s-mid 50s: flurry of small reading, discussion groups
