White Angolan
Total population
Approx. 400,000
Regions with significant populations
(Approx. 220,000[1])
Languages
Portuguese, Afrikaans, German
Religion
Christianity (mainly Catholicism), Judaism
Related ethnic groups
White Namibians, Afrikaners, German Namibians, Portuguese Mozambicans, Jews

White Angolans are descendants of European colonial populations, most significantly from Portugal. The vast majority of white settlers in Angola have been of Portuguese ancestry, both in colonial days and today. Germans and Afrikaners settled in southern parts of Angola, with Germans concentrated in Moçamedes and Benguela and Afrikaners concentrated in Huíla Province. Most Afrikaners and Germans left for Namibia and South Africa by 1975.[2] Until 1975 there was a German-language school in Benguela called the Deutsche Schule Benguela.[3] Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, and White Brazilians also make up the population.[4]

Currently, Whites are a minority ethnic group in Angola, accounting for over 1% of the country's population.[1] The White population usually speaks Portuguese.[5][6][7]

The majority of white Angolans are of Portuguese ancestry. Some are of German and Dutch stock.[8]

History

Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão was the first European to discover Angola.[9][10]

See also

References and footnotes

  1. 1 2 "CIA - The World Factbook -- Angola". CIA. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  2. ↑ Stapleton, Timothy J. Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts. ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 30/51.
  4. ↑ "Where White Africans Live (African Countries with Highest Populations)". April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Flight from Angola". The Economist. economist.com. 16 August 1975. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Ahrens, Lula. "Race relations in Angola". thisisafrica.me. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Angola". mixedindifferentshades.net. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Santana, Zeca (29 June 2009). Angola: Land of Shattered Dreams. Xlibris Corporation. p. 60. ISBN 9781462820412.
  9. ↑ Toh, Han Shih (28 November 2016). Is China an Empire?. World Scientific. ISBN 9789814667449.
  10. ↑ Moreland-Capuia, Alisha (31 May 2021). The Trauma of Racism: Exploring the Systems and People Fear Built. Springer. ISBN 9783030734367.
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