ANGOLA UNDER COLONIAL RULE

Question 1

Which administration did the Portuguese use in Angola

Answer 1

Assimilation

Question 2

What is the capital city of Angola

Answer 2

Luanda

Question 3

Describe the Portuguese system of administration

Answer 3

Council of ministers -> Governor general -> District Commissioner (chief de posto) –> Regedor indigenous chief–> village head

Question 4

What were the conditions for assimilation (5)

Answer 4

1. be over 18 years
2. Speak Portuguese
3. Exercise a profession, art or skill
4. Be of good behaviour
5. Aquire education
6. No record of military objection

Question 5

How did the Colonial Statute of 1954 make it hard for Africans to become assimilados (5)

Answer 5

1. one needed to have a catholic baptismal certificate
2. obtain a civil marriage licence
3. Secure a Portuguese sponsor
4. Be employed in a civilised job
5. Live like a Portuguese

Question 6

What were the policies formulated by Antonio Enes and Couceiro in the 1890s (5)

Answer 6

1. close control of the colonies
2. Full use of African labour
3. administrative reorganisation
4. Decentralisation of administration in LIsbon
5. Inculcation of the habit of work among Africans

Question 7

What was the constitution that increased the freedoms of press, opinion and association in Angola

Answer 7

Portuguese republican constitution of 1911

Question 8

What African association was formed as a result of the Portuguese republican constitution

Answer 8

The Lisbon-based African League in 1919