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IV Congress international Angolanistics

ANGOLA: HALF-CENTURY OF INDEPENDENCY

IV Congress international Angolanistics

ANGOLA:

HALF-CENTURY OF INDEPENDENCY

National Library of Portugal
Lisbon, June 18, 2025

This year, 2025, marks the half-century of independent Angola.

Fifty years of sometimes divergent paths, continuities and ruptures and almost always difficult choices.
Fifty years may not seem long, but this was a very rich period in the history of Africa and the world, which saw changes that were still unforeseeable in 1975, including the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the transformation of China into a global power, the creation of a European Bloc, the strengthening of the African Union and many others.

As usual, the Congress will cover a broad spectrum of interests served by a wide range of perspectives and methodologies from history and the social, political and legal sciences, the humanities, the arts and music, the cultures of the Angolan diaspora and international relations and regional integration (Great Lakes and SADC).

1st DRCongo and Angola Research Forum

The 1st DRCongo and Angola Research Forum took place on 8 May at the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, jointly organised by the Egmont Institute, Afridesk and ARN.

It was the first event of its kind and was a remarkable success in bringing together and discussing top diplomats, academics and experts on the issues affecting Angola and the DRCongo.

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ATTENTION!

EVENT 2024

APRESENTAÇÃO DE COMUNICAÇÕES

RESEARCH FORUM ON THE D.R. OF CONGO AND ANGOLA

8 MAY 2024
Africa Museum, Tervuren, Belgium

Program

This Forum aims to provide a place for the exchange of knowledge and experiences between researchers on Angola and the DR Congo and establish a collaborative pool of researchers dedicated to both countries.

[All Communications in Portuguese will be fully translated to French]

09.30 – Welcome Coffee and arrival of participants

10.00-10.20 – OPENING ADDRESS: Jean-Jacques Wondo – Co-convenor and Afridesk and Chair Panel I.

10.20-12.30 – PANEL I – COMMON THEMES TO D. R. CONGO AND ANGOLA
– Ambassador Hon. Eric Paluku (Former Ambassador of DRC in Angola) – La Consolidation des relations d’amitié entre R.D. Congo et Angola [Consolidation of friendly relations between DR Congo and Angola]

– Ambassador Hon. Jozef Smets ([Former Ambassadeur of Belgium in Burundi and Luanda. Consul in Lubumbashi]- Angola-RDCongo: Les non-dits d`une relation intense, mais compliquée. [Angola-DRCongo: The unsaid aspects of an intense but complicated relationship]

– Ambassador Hon. Renier Nijskens (Former Ambassador of Belgium in DRC and Belgian Special Envoy of the Great Lakes) – Angola’s initiatives in the stabilization of the D R Congo, 2016- 2024

– Eliseu Gonçalves (Former Aide to President of the Republic of Angola) – DRC´s Agriculture investments in Angola. A project with future?

– Suraia Munguengue (U. Técnica Angola) – A Relação entre Angola e a RDC: A difícil partilha dos Espaços Marítimos de Interesse Estratégico [The Relationship between Angola and DRC: The difficult sharing of Maritime Spaces of Strategic Interest]

– Rui Verde (Oxford University)- China in Angola and in the DRC. Is there a common pattern?

12.30-13.00 – Questions and Answers

13-00-14.00 – LUNCH

14.00-16.00 – PANEL II – SPECIFIC SUBJECTS D.R. CONGO AND ANGOLA
– Eric Kennes (Egmont Institute) and Chair Panel II – The Katangese Gendarmes in DRC and its influences in Angola.

– Liévain Mwangal (U. Lubumbashi, DRC) – L’occupation spatiale des Lunda en Afrique et le rôle du Mwant Yaav pour «la paix» et la «cohésion interafricaine» dans les pays de la SADEC. Cas de l’Angola et la République Démocratique du Congo (1960 à ce jour) [The spatial occupation of the Lunda in Africa and the role of Mwant Yaav for “peace” and “inter-African cohesion” in the SADEC countries. Case of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960 to date)]

– José Veloso da Costa (U. Agostinho Neto, Luanda) – Angola e RDC: uma trajectória de tensões e afinidades [Angola and DRC: a trajectory of tensions and affinities]

– Priscila Carvalho (U. Lisboa) – De Americanista a Africanista: As viagens de estudo do Padre Espiritano Constant Tastevin em Angola e Congo Belga (1933-1937) [From Americanist to Africanist: The study trips of Father Espiritano Constant Tastevin in Angola and the Belgian Congo (1933-1937)]

– H. Mella Bento (ISCSRI – Luanda) – Angola e o conflito no leste da RDC: Uma análise estratégico-política sobre as iniciativas de resolução. [Angola and the conflict in eastern DRC: A strategic-political analysis of resolution initiatives]

– Eugénio Costa Almeida* (ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa) – Angola e RDC na confluência da (in)esabilidade do Interland Africano [Angola and DRC at the confluence of the (in)esability of the African Interland]

*Presence To Be Confirmed

16.00-16.30 – Questions and Answers

16.30 – CLOSING AND NETWORKING