a little history .. Angola

The name "Angola" is rooted in the term "Ngola" which was the title of one of the potentates Mbundu in time for the start of the expansion of Portuguese influence on the Old Kingdom of Ndongo in the second half of the sixteenth century. The Ngola Kiluanje (1515-56) was the most prominent leader of the potentate of the Old Kingdom of Ndongo, being known as The Ngola Kiluanje Inene (Great Ngola). The Ngola Kiluanje Inene founded a dynasty that later was to come to know as the Kingdom of Angola, the term "Ngola" in turn has roots in the term "Ngolo," which in Kimbundu (language of the people Ambundo) means "strength", the same term in Kikongo (Bakongo people's language) means "rigor, strength, fortitude, or strength." The Portuguese depreenderam so Ngola was the one who had power, one that was powerful riches of Angola Angola has a great diversity of natural resources. It is estimated that your basement has 35 of the 45 most important minerals in world trade, among which stand out oil, diamond and natural gas. There are also large reserves of phosphate, iron, manganese, copper, gold and stone. The main basins of expanding oil lie along the coast in the provinces of Cabinda and Zaire in the north of the country The diamond reserves in the provinces of Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul are admired for their quality and considered one of the world's most important . Art of the blue mask from Angola, as the majority of African art, masks and wooden sculptures are not merely aesthetic creations. They have an important role in cultural rituals, representing life and death, the passage from childhood to adulthood, the award of a new harvest and the beginning of hunting season. Angolan artisans work in wood, bronze, ivory, masks or sculptures. Each group ethyne-language in Angola has its own unique artistic traits. Perhaps the most famous piece of Angolan art is "Cokwe Thinker", a masterpiece of harmony and symmetry of the line. The Lunda-Cokwe in the northeastern part of Angola is also known for its superior visual arts. Other signature pieces of art include Angola: a female mask Mwnaa-Pwo worn by male dancers in their puberty rituals. poly-chromatic shades of Kalelwa used during circumcision ceremonies and masks Cikungu Cihongo that conjure up images of the mythology of Lunda-Cokwe. Two key figures in this pantheon are princess and the prince of civilization Lweji Tschibinda-Ilunga. black ceramic art of Moxico center / east of Angola Portuguese is the only official language of Angola. In addition to numerous dialects, Angola has more than twenty national languages. The language with more speakers in Angola, after the Portuguese, Umbundu is spoken in south-central Angola and in many urban areas. It is the mother tongue of 26% of Angolans [1]. The Kimbundu (or Kimbundu) is the third most widely spoken national language (20%) [1], with particular focus on the central-north axis Luanda-Malanje and Kwanza-Sul. It is a language with great importance, being the language of the capital and the ancient kingdom of N'gola. It was this language that has many words to Portuguese and vice versa. The Kikongo (or Kikongo) spoken in the north (Uige and Zaire) has several dialects. It was the language of the ancient Kingdom of Congo. Although this region in the province of Cabinda, is spoken or Fiote ibinda. The chocué (or tchokwe) is the language of the east, par excellence. Have been superimposed on the east and the other is no doubt that had the greatest expansion of the territory now Angola. Since the Lunda Norte Cuando Cubango. Cuanhama (or Kwanyama oxikwnyama) nhaneca (or nyaneca) and Mbunda are of Bantu origin other languages ​​spoken in Angola. In the south of Angola other languages ​​are still spoken of the Khoisan group, spoken by the San, also known as Bushmen. Although the national languages ​​are mother tongues of the majority population, Portuguese is the first language of 30% of the Angolan population [citation needed] - a proportion that has much higher in the capital - while 60% say they use the Angolans it as the first / A November 11 novesentos thousand and seventy-five, was born, Angola, a new country in chaos and destruction of property abandoned by the colonists, the country was called "Republic of Angola" by their new leaders model "socialist" The prolonged civil war that the country experienced decades of the nineties caused a permanent shift of funds to the Angolan armed forces, thereby reducing the ability of government investments in key areas of our economic system. The sharp decline of the Angolan economy, begins after the oil crisis occurred in the first half of the 80s and that was crawling up the decades of the nineties. The recovery of the Angolan economy, will be a natural for the end of the war, by stabilizing the political situation, it is necessary to take a set of macroeconomic policies in order to act and influence the mechanisms of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Angola needs to make a large investment in the area that gives support to an economic system, education, improvement of social infrastructure, and investment in strengthening the health infrastructure, the country must meet before all his people. The balanced exploitation of natural resources of the country, can give a greater importance to our trade balance, the country needs to have a more transparent management of public resources that should be reversed for the whole country and not just to Luanda, it is necessary to end up with This vision of "Luandinizar Angola." Angola, the country is not the future or your future starts now, as he said "President Jose Eduardo dos Santos," Angola is the country with the eyes of this forward-looking, Angolans can not wait any longer, to have a decent country, where at least may have an acceptable quality of life with its condition of being human, is the time to look at one of the evils that much damage does the Angolan economy, - corruption has been established in all spheres of the country. The time is right and our future generation and are there to lead our country in such hard work towards development, do something now because the story will never forgive the failures of men ...