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Kongo kingdom consolidates in the north.
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Portuguese arrive.
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Portuguese found Luanda.
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Angola becomes a major Portuguese trading arena for slaves.
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Slave trade officially abolished by the Portuguese government.
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Portugal consolidates colonial control over Angola, local resistance persists.
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Angola's status changes from colony to overseas province.
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The early beginnings of the socialist guerrilla independence movement, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), based in northern Congo.
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Forced labour abolished after revolts on coffee plantations leave 50,000 dead. The fight for independence is bolstered.
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Angola gains independence but power struggle ensues between MPLA, backed by Cuba, and the FNLA plus Unita, backed by South Africa and the USA.
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Dos Santos, Savimbi sign peace deal in Lisbon which results in a new multiparty constitution.
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Peace Was Finally Achived !
