Angola:
Earlier
this week I reported on South Africa, the most economically developed country
in Africa. Not all countries in this region of Africa are as lucky,
economically as South Africa. One such example is Angola. Angola, while only
separated from South Africa by the country of Zambia, is completely different
from South Africa. Instead of being colonized by the British, it was colonized
by the Portuguese, making Portuguese its official language. Angola first lead
revolts against this occupation 500 years ago. This is celebrated every January
4th as Day
of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression” or Martyrs’ Day.
Angola
is a very poor and underdeveloped country. It has one of the highest infant
mortality rates, and lowest life expectancy rates in the world. Despite this
Angola has the top basketball team in FIBA Africa (Like the NBA but consisting
of 53 African Countries).
In honor of Angola I went to the
gym and shot a basketball around for a while. I am really bad at Basketball.
Food:
I found that chicken and vegetable stew which is common in
this country:
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Here is how I made mine:
Ingredients:
3 cups chicken broth
2 chicken thighs
1 cup cut okra
3 chopped tomatoes
1 chopped potato
1 tsp. tamarind
2 chicken thighs
1 cup cut okra
3 chopped tomatoes
1 chopped potato
1 tsp. tamarind
Place Ingredients in crock pot, place on high and let sit
while at work (about 9 hours).
Movie:
I was torn between watch “The Hero” and “Hollow City”. The
first is a documentary of what happened to the average Angolan after its civil
war. The second “is the first
full-length movie directed by Angolan-born director Maria João Ganga.”
And is the first to be directed by an Angolan woman.
I chose to watch “Hollow City”.
In this movie a young boy who has been orphaned through war is taken from his
village to the big city by a convenient. The boy does not want to be at the
orphanage, so he runs away. He wonders the streets of this dangerous city
alone, making new friends, some of which do not always have his best interest
at heart. Meanwhile, the nun who lost
him tries hard to find this lost boy.
I was able to find this movie on
YouTube in six parts:
Work Sited:
Maria João Ganga ,“Hollow City”.Published:
January 2012. Retrieved: January 4, 2014.
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