Geography Now! Angola

$26 sandwiches? This aint no London or Tokyo. We're going to straight up AFRICA!!

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[sadderall]

Despite all it's issues, Angola can take solace in knowing it has one of the most hadcore flags in the world

[erivanel]

Angolan here lol..

My country is soo strange, we are in the middle of a Economic crisis and we still are able to bring nicky minaj to sing a night for billions of dollars.

Our Democracy ( lol as if ) its really funny I thought president could only stay in power for 5 years max..

ding ding ding we have our new Record 35 years in a row congratz mr. president

[utubaka]

I am from Namibia but live in Angola for the past 14 years, $26 is not quite true, maybe in the luxury hotels, but normally goes for $8. Very beautiful country with different cultures and landscapes like said. To visit Angola you need a visa, but to get a visa you need a letter from a Angolan to invite you " carta de chamada" It could change, for Angola is starting to advertise tourism. One must know they ended a bad civil war and is working hard to get the infrastructure better.Corruption was also very bad, but the government is working on that.I love Angola!

[estheradao]

I’m part Angolan part Nigerian but these summer I went to Luanda and I saw how many Chinese and Brazilians live in the luxurious appartements and houses. Also, there are Portuguese and Italians living in my country. I love Angola so much, the food, the hospitality, the weather...You also could have talked about Agustino Neto, the first president of the country...My country is very interesting I hope one day I’ll make the tour of all the provinces and Nigeria too...I love your video, it’s very informative and simple

[FuturisticBagel]

Feeling bad for Zimbabwe, gotta wait!

[sheldon]

Abraços do Brasil aos irmãos Angolanos. 🇧🇷♥️🇦🇴

[star_the_virgo]

My dad is from Angola and my mom is from Andorra. I’m glad I found these, so informative. 💙👍🏻

[abcpan]

An African country with a $26 sandwich?!!!!  Congratulations Angola, you've arrived baby!!!  Monaco, eat your heart out!!

[pizzapicante]

It was actually Cuban-supported, not Soviet-supported, according to the Soviet officials of the time and the Angolan government itself, the USSR only contributed around 4 transport ships while the Cuban army is widely considered the reason Angola won the Frontier War, (so, you know, 2nd time in a row the Cubans have defeated US-led forces, just saying).

As a side note the Cubans insisted on the freedom of Nelson Mandela as a condition for ending the war, the Appertheid regime approved of this after the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, to avoid being defeated and probably invaded by the Cuban army, thats were Mandela's well known friendship with Castro comes from.

[arsenaln]

You got a lot right, however, the kilamba town, is now fully occupied. The government subsidized the properties, making it easier for the local population to obtain mortgages.

[MHDWVA]

Cidade do Kilamba isn't a ghost town anymore. :)

[alvafaleiro]

Muitos sucessos para o povo Angolano 🙏, 🇵🇹❤️🇦🇴

[GeographicScholar]

Angola is definitely a place I would keep my eyes on. It is poised to do many things in the future. There is so much potential in the nation, mainly due to geography. Coffee exports could go up again. 

[trekkienzl]

After watching your much later videos like that of South Africa and Serbia, I gotta say, the quality has improved greatly since your first few videos in 2014.

Love it :)

[gustavogardel]

2023 Angolan here, things didn't turned out good due to corruption, economic crisis kicked in due to our government's oil dependance and lack of exploration of other resources, apartments don't cost 10k-15k (Unless you're renting a big house, 10 rooms, swimming pool, expensive luxurious place), sandwiches cost 30usd only in luxurious hotels, usually you get a big chicken one for 8usd (Still not sooo cheap) and I'm living in the kilamba's city (Which is now overpopulated) renting a 3 rooms (+ suite + living room + 2 toilets) apartment for 300USD wearing jeans which costed me 70-80usd.
Apart from what I said everything else was on point, simple and very informative, even for me, quick correction, it wasn't only USSR supporting MPLA, it was also Cuba, and between them most of the army was cuban 80-90%, but the equipments were mostly from USSR.

[erivanel]

I love to see people pronounce our natural languages

wow i loved to watch this vídeo, Am angolan and i have learned more about my country with you. keep it up dude, lets discover Africa. Next time talk about Namibia

[cosmopolita]

Where’s my Angolans peoples? Thanks for taking about my motherland we’re proud to be Angolans 🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴

[WystenOfficial]

Other relevant facts of Angola
1- Ruled by a evil dicator for over 30 years
2-Richest women in Africa is Daughter of that dictactor
3-One of worst infant death rate in the world
4-Very rich musicly with worldly aclaimed genres like Kuduro and Kizomba.
5- The friendship with Portugal, is based on the fact that the corrupt elites are aloud to laudry their money there
etc etc

Good video tough :)

[billcook]

Would love to see him come back and redo these early episodes with his current experience and resources.