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Southern Africa

supplied slaves to Brazil. In the 1950s nationalists began to demand independence; the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) was formed,

drawing its support from mestizos and the Mbundu tribe. In 1961 the MPLA led a revolt in Luanda that was quashed by Portuguese troops, and other nationalist movements

OPPOSITE: Residential dwellings in Luanda, the capital city of Angola. BELOW : A map of Angola.

ANGOLA

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