Angola Education 2.0

- Angola is about twice the size of Texas and more than three times the size of California.

- 27 year civil war ended in 2002

- Oil and gas activities contributes to around 85% of their GDP

- Climate: Semiarid in south and along the coast; north has a cool, dry season (May - October) and a hot, rainy season (November - April)

- Angola gained independence from Portugal in 1975 

- One of the fastest growing economies in the world currently 

- Several African tribes like Ovibundu, Mbundu, Chowke with unique cultural traits inhabit Angola

- One of China's major oil exporters

- It has been illegal to take any local money (kwanza) out of the country

- It is illegal to photograph any government building or facility 

- Behind the new buildings and skyscrapers lie vast slum areas. Millions of the city’s poor live here in tiny houses with tin roofs and no electricity or running water. Known as musseques, these slums stretch for hours along the highways of Luanda.

- Across the country as a whole, the main staple is funje, a thick polenta-like food made from cassava/manioc flour or from cornflour (when it's called pirao)

- Life expectancy is around 50 but improving slowly 

- Angola lies in the yellow fever endemic zone. Cholera incidence is high