Angola's Ten Years of Peace: Some Perspectives
A presentation with a general overview of social and political transformation in Angola
David Sogge took part in a symposium, “Angola: Celebrating Ten Years of Peace” at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House in London. About 50 people – academics, NGO reps, business people, journalists – participated. He presented a general overview of social and political transformation. For his talk he prepared a PowerPoint presentation, which Chatham House has posted in pdf format on its website. A summary of the event can be found here.
On this page you can find the same presentation, this time including the notes.
photo by Yan Boechat
About the authors
David Sogge
Based in Amsterdam, David works as an independent researcher and writer. As an associate of the Norwegian think-tank NOREF, he currently focuses on public control over transnational flows affecting societies on the global periphery. Professional activities since 1970 provided a basis for books and articles on the politics of foreign aid, and on Africa, particularly Angola and South Africa. Evaluative research assignments have taken him to Vietnam, Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union. Trained at Harvard, David earned his graduate degrees from Princeton and the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.
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