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'''White Angolans''' ({{ |
'''White Angolans''' ({{langx|pt|Angolanos Brancos}}) are descendants of European colonial populations, most significantly from [[Portugal]]. The vast majority of white settlers in Angola have been of Portuguese ancestry, both in colonial days and today. Germans and [[Afrikaners]] settled in southern parts of Angola, with Germans concentrated in [[Moçamedes]] and [[Benguela]] and Afrikaners concentrated in [[Huíla Province]]. Most Afrikaners and Germans left for [[Namibia]] and [[South Africa]] by 1975.<ref>Stapleton, Timothy J. Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts. ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.</ref> Until 1975 there was a German-language school in Benguela called the Deutsche Schule Benguela.<ref>"[http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160312191648/http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Archive]). [[Bundestag]] (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 30/51.</ref> [[Russians]], [[Ukrainians]], [[Polish people|Poles]], and [[White Brazilians]] also make up the population.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afrikanza.com/blogs/culture-history/white-africans |title= Where White Africans Live (African Countries with Highest Populations)|access-date=April 22, 2023|date=April 22, 2023}}</ref> |
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Currently, Whites are a minority ethnic group in Angola, accounting for over 1% of the country's population.<ref name=cia>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/botswana/ |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Angola |access-date=2014-01-31 |publisher=CIA }}</ref> The White population usually speaks [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].<ref name=economist>{{cite news|title=Flight from Angola|newspaper=The Economist|date=16 August 1975|url=http://www.economist.com/node/12079340|publisher=economist.com|access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=thisisafrica>{{cite web|last=Ahrens|first=Lula|title=Race relations in Angola|url=http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19594/race-relations-in-angola|publisher=thisisafrica.me|access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=mixedindifferentshades>{{cite web|title=Angola|url=http://www.mixedindifferentshades.net/africa/angola.html|publisher=mixedindifferentshades.net|access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> |
Currently, Whites are a minority ethnic group in Angola, accounting for over 1% of the country's population.<ref name=cia>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/botswana/ |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Angola |access-date=2014-01-31 |publisher=CIA }}</ref> The White population usually speaks [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].<ref name=economist>{{cite news|title=Flight from Angola|newspaper=The Economist|date=16 August 1975|url=http://www.economist.com/node/12079340|publisher=economist.com|access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=thisisafrica>{{cite web|last=Ahrens|first=Lula|title=Race relations in Angola|url=http://www.thisisafrica.me/opinion/detail/19594/race-relations-in-angola|publisher=thisisafrica.me|access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=mixedindifferentshades>{{cite web|title=Angola|url=http://www.mixedindifferentshades.net/africa/angola.html|publisher=mixedindifferentshades.net|access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{See also|History of Angola}} |
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Portuguese explorer [[Diogo Cão]] was the first European to discover Angola.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cukDQAAQBAJ&dq=europeans+explore+%22angola%22&pg=PA38 | title=Is China an Empire? | isbn=9789814667449 | last1=Toh | first1=Han Shih | date=28 November 2016 | publisher=World Scientific }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QcxEAAAQBAJ&dq=europeans+explore+%22angola%22&pg=PA153 | title=The Trauma of Racism: Exploring the Systems and People Fear Built | isbn=9783030734367 | last1=Moreland-Capuia | first1=Alisha | date=31 May 2021 | publisher=Springer }}</ref> |
Portuguese explorer [[Diogo Cão]] was the first European to discover Angola.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cukDQAAQBAJ&dq=europeans+explore+%22angola%22&pg=PA38 | title=Is China an Empire? | isbn=9789814667449 | last1=Toh | first1=Han Shih | date=28 November 2016 | publisher=World Scientific }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QcxEAAAQBAJ&dq=europeans+explore+%22angola%22&pg=PA153 | title=The Trauma of Racism: Exploring the Systems and People Fear Built | isbn=9783030734367 | last1=Moreland-Capuia | first1=Alisha | date=31 May 2021 | publisher=Springer }}</ref> |
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Most white settlers fled Angola after the end of Portuguese rule.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=We-OAQAAQBAJ&dq=Portuguese+Mozambicans%2C+Portuguese+Angolans%2C+and+white+Zimbabweans+emigrated+to+South+Africa+during+the+1970s+and+1980s&pg=PA623|title=Encyclopedia of the Developing World|page=636|isbn=978-1-135-20515-7 |last1=Leonard |first1=Thomas M. |date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge }}</ref> |
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==Notable White Angolans== |
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*[[Pepetela]] |
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*[[Iko Carreira]] |
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*[[António Pinto Pereira]] |
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*[[David Carmo]] |
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*[[Pedro Pinotes]] |
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*[[Salvador Gordo]] |
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*[[João Ricardo (footballer, born 1970)|João Ricardo]] |
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*[[Paulo Figueiredo]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[History of the Jews in Angola]] |
*[[History of the Jews in Angola]] |
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*[[Demographics of Angola]] |
*[[Demographics of Angola]] |
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*[[White people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] |
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== References and footnotes == |
== References and footnotes == |
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Angolanos Brancos | |
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Total population | |
(Approx. 400,000[1]) | |
Languages | |
Portuguese, Afrikaans, German[citation needed] | |
Religion | |
Christianity (mainly Catholicism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Portuguese Angolans White Namibians, Afrikaners, German Namibians, Portuguese Mozambicans |
White Angolans (Portuguese: Angolanos Brancos) are descendants of European colonial populations, most significantly from Portugal. The vast majority of white settlers in Angola have been of Portuguese ancestry, both in colonial days and today. Germans and Afrikaners settled in southern parts of Angola, with Germans concentrated in Moçamedes and Benguela and Afrikaners concentrated in Huíla Province. Most Afrikaners and Germans left for Namibia and South Africa by 1975.[2] Until 1975 there was a German-language school in Benguela called the Deutsche Schule Benguela.[3] Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, and White Brazilians also make up the population.[4]
Currently, Whites are a minority ethnic group in Angola, accounting for over 1% of the country's population.[1] The White population usually speaks Portuguese.[5][6][7]
The majority of white Angolans are of Portuguese ancestry. Some are of German and Dutch stock.[8]
History
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Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão was the first European to discover Angola.[9][10]
Most white settlers fled Angola after the end of Portuguese rule.[11]
Notable White Angolans
[edit]- Pepetela
- Iko Carreira
- António Pinto Pereira
- David Carmo
- Pedro Pinotes
- Salvador Gordo
- João Ricardo
- Paulo Figueiredo
See also
[edit]- Portuguese Angolans
- German Angolans
- Retornados
- White South Africans
- White Africans
- White Namibians
- Dorsland Trekkers
- History of the Jews in Angola
- Demographics of Angola
- White people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References and footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b "CIA - The World Factbook -- Angola". CIA. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ Stapleton, Timothy J. Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts. ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 30/51.
- ^ "Where White Africans Live (African Countries with Highest Populations)". April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ "Flight from Angola". The Economist. economist.com. 16 August 1975. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ Ahrens, Lula. "Race relations in Angola". thisisafrica.me. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Angola". mixedindifferentshades.net. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ Santana, Zeca (29 June 2009). Angola: Land of Shattered Dreams. Xlibris Corporation. p. 60. ISBN 9781462820412.
- ^ Toh, Han Shih (28 November 2016). Is China an Empire?. World Scientific. ISBN 9789814667449.
- ^ Moreland-Capuia, Alisha (31 May 2021). The Trauma of Racism: Exploring the Systems and People Fear Built. Springer. ISBN 9783030734367.
- ^ Leonard, Thomas M. (18 October 2013). Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Routledge. p. 636. ISBN 978-1-135-20515-7.