Angola: reinventing pasts and futures

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Dr Mariano Aguirre, Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, Oslo; Dr Nuno Vidal, University of Coimbra; and the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), Madrid, for support on research underpinning this article. Notes Regarding Portuguese language use, see ‘Geografia da língua portuguesa’, Wikipédia. Available from: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografia_da_1%C3%ADngua_portuguesa [Accessed 30 January 2011]. GDP data from http://unstats.un.org. The data appear in the report's tables on ‘Perceptions of individual well-being and happiness’; and on ‘Civic and community well-being’, both of which draw on the Gallup World Poll database. ‘Comparable countries’ here refers to the Human development report's category ‘Low human development’. ‘Angola fica a meio do caminho’, Correio do Patriota, 15 October 2009. Available from: http://www.correiodopatriota.com [Accessed 30 January 2011]. ‘Ligações perigosas’, Correio do Patriota, 25 January 2009. Available from: http://www.correiodopatriota.com [Accessed 30 January 2011]. Business Monitor International (2009) Business Monitor International. 2009. “Angola's bond issue: prospects and problems”. In Newsletter 14 December 2009. London: Business Monitor International [Google Scholar]. This prediction is consistent with that provided by oil experts, as reflected in Mitchell and Stevens (2008) Mitchell, J. and Stevens, P. 2008. Ending dependence. Hard choices for oil-exporting states, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. [Google Scholar]. By the Angolan novelist José Eduardo Agualusa. Original title: O Vendedor de Passados.