Diamonds, development and conflict: the role of the mining sector in the politics of the late colonial state in Angola, 1961- 1974

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2019.143722

Keywords:

Diamond industry, colonial Angola, Angolan liberation war, Lunda, State formation

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationship between the State and the diamond sector during Angola’s “second colonial occupation”. It starts in 1961 with the beginning of a struggle between various groups for colonial Angola control, and ends with the withdrawal of the Portuguese from the colony after the overthrow of the Estado Novo by a military coup in Lisbon in April 1974. During that time, Portuguese colonialism, while refusing political openness to nationalist movements, became embroiled in a series of legal and economic reforms that put the colony on a fast track for industrialization. However, the diamond sector remained essential to defending State power in a strategic but hostile area – an area that remains, for historical reasons, beyond the reach of formal State institutions.

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Author Biography

  • Mathias Alencastro, Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento, CEBRAP

    MAster em Historia pela Universidade Paris-Sorbonne, e doutor em Ciencias Politicas pela Universidade de Oxford

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Companhia Diamantes de Angola (CDA).

Instituto Português para o Apoio ao Desenvolvimento (Lisboa).

Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado (Pide).

Arquivo Nacional Histórico de Angola (Anha).

Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT).

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Published

2019-07-11

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circulação, exploração

How to Cite

ALENCASTRO, Mathias. Diamonds, development and conflict: the role of the mining sector in the politics of the late colonial state in Angola, 1961- 1974. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 178, p. 1–27, 2019. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2019.143722. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/143722.. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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