Luanda – A book entitled Angola – note for economic and social history from 1482 to 1975” by the Angolan sociologist and politician Lucas Benghy Ngonda will be released on Wednesday at Luanda’s auditorium of the Faculty of Economy.
The writer, who is also the university professor, exposes his convictions on issues that have marked the Economic and Social History of Angola.
Speaking to ANGOP, Lucas Ngonda said that the book portrays the difficult times of the then one-party period in which the university was struggling in terms of support material for the aforementioned subjects.
According to the author, the publication consists of three parts, with the first, comprising six chapters, portrays colonial Angola and the Portuguese
conquest of the country.
The second, also with six chapters, addresses issues of the slave economy and the abolition of slave trade. The last, with ten chapters, tells the problems of the economic policy of the new Portuguese State, after the abolition of the slave trade, since it depended on this trade.
The 221-page book has an initial print run of 1,000 copies.
Born in the northern province of Uíge, Lucas Benghy Ngonda is an Angolan sociologist and politician. He was also member of the National Assembly for the opposition FNLA party.
Source: Angola Press News Agency