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Angola is a Southern African nation whose varied terrain encompasses tropical Atlantic beaches, a labyrinthine system of rivers and Sub-Saharan desert that extends across the border into Namibia.

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Angola achieved independence from Portugal in 1975, after which the competition between different movements that were vying to lead the country descended into civil war.

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In April 2008, Angola quietly surpassed Nigeria to become Africa’s top oil producer. The country’s gross domestic product is projected to grow nearly 16 percent this year, placing Angola among the fastest growing economies in the world.

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One of the greatest natural resources that Angola has is diamond.Mining in Angola has only explored 40% of the country’s estimated diamond resources – suggesting that future growth in the industry is inevitable. As Africa's second-largest diamond producer at 8 million carats in 2009

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Angola was a communist republic until the broad collapse of most communist countries in 1992. With strong ties to the USSR, Caribbean Communist country Cuba, and fellow south African, Portuguese-speaking country Mozambique–which turned communist at the same time.

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Today, the Luanda Carnival is raising again as prosperity and peace enable groups to reconvene. The Kizomba and the Semba are two typical Angolan dances. DJs in Luanda’s nightclubs play a variety of styles from rock to pop to Kizomba, as well as the slow dance Tarrachinha. One of the most famous dances is the Capoeira de Angola.

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temperatures in Luanda average 25°C in January and 21°C in the winter month of July. With less rain along the coast, the capital only has around 300mm annually well as livestock, fishing is important to Angola’s agricultural economy. Angola is in the top ten African producers of fish.Much of Angola’s farming is based on grazing livestock across pastureland. Cattle meat is the second largest agricultural product in the country. Other livestock, such as goats, pigs and chickens are kept mainly by small-holders for their subsistence farming.

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Angola is known for its traditional ethnic art, which is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. The masks and statues of the Chokwe people in the east are regarded as some of the finest wood carvings in central Africa. Ceramics, basketry, and textiles are also well-practiced art forms.

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Literature. Angola has an outstanding literary tradition. An important genre has been political poetry, of which the former president Agostinho Neto was a significant representative. The arts, relatively free from censorship, have been an important way to express criticism of the political system.

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The country is divided along many lines. Before twentieth-century colonialism, the rich trading families formed a local elite that looked down on the gentio . During the colonial era, an extremely hierarchical society was created in which Portuguese rulers gave some advantages to African assimilados (assimilated people) over the great majority of indigenas . Although the number of assimilados was never high, they were sharply divided, mainly on regional and religious lines. These divisions are reflected in the founding of political parties and are used for propaganda purposes. Thus, UNITA has tried to denounce the MPLA as 'foreign' because of the continuing importance of whites and mestiços in the party.