To browse Academia. Angola's violent history from to , characterized by intense suffering among civilians during various forms of violence connected to political struggles among liberation movements, is explored. The paper highlights the transition from colonial state violence to increased violence against civilians amidst civil conflicts, drawing parallels to the broader concept of 'new wars' as identified by Mary Kaldor.
Despite recognition of the extreme violence in Angola, the focus on civilian experiences and the lingering impacts of such violence remains under-explored within existing scholarship.
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Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Angola, the Violent Years Linda Heywood. Heywood Department ofHistory and African American Studies Program, Boston University Introduction war among the three competing liberation movements in Angola that out during the months leading up to independence in November just one of a series of military conflicts that engulfed African states in last third of the twentieth century and continued into the opening decof the twenty-first century.
Kaldor notes that the conflicts associwith "new war'; whether in Europe, Mrica or elsewhere, are mostly political conflicts in which private armies proliferate. All rights reserved.
