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Brief History. Angola's land has been inhabited by Bantu tribes for thousands of years. The Portuguese arrived in 1575 and began an enormous slave trade from Angola to Brazil that took over 3 million people into slavery over the course of 3 centuries. By the late 19th century, Angola was a colony of Portugal, with Portuguese in control of the local government, commerce, and agriculture. Independence was declared on November 11, 1975, but fighting continued through the 1980s and it was not until 1991 that a cease-fire was obtained between the government and UNITA. This conflict continues today and has taken at least 100,000 lives since the 1970s.
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