Angola's Colossal Lie
Forced Labor on a Sugar Plantation, 1913-1977
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Word Count
54,000 words, Guess
Page Count
216 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL29722553M
- ISBN-139789004301757
- OCLC Control Number911019977
- OCLC Control Number911200050
- Library of Congress Control Number2015023731
Classifications
- LCCHD4875.A838B35 2015
- LCCHD4875.A838 B35 2015
Description
This is the first in-depth study of forced labor on a Portuguese-owned sugar plantation in colonial Angola. A prominent Portuguese civil servant dubbed the labor system in Angola a colossal lie because the reality so contradicted the law. Using extensive oral history interviews with former forced laborers, Jeremy Ball explains how Angolans experienced forced labor. Ball also interviews former Portuguese administrators to provide multiple perspectives about the transition to independence and the nationalization of the plantation.
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