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Arthur Schopenhauer | Early work | Early work
Schopenhauer left Berlin in a rush in 1813, fearing that the city could be attacked and that he could be pressed into military service as Prussia had just joined the war against France. He returned to Weimar but left after less than a month, disgusted by the fact that his mother was now living with her sup... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Later life | Later life
thumb|upright|Sculpture of Arthur Schopenhauer by Giennadij Jerszow
After his trying in academia, he continued to travel extensively, visiting Leipzig, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Schaffhausen, Vevey, Milan and spending eight months in Florence. Before he left for his three-year travel, Schopenhauer had an incid... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Philosophy | Philosophy |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Theory of perception | Theory of perception
In November 1813 Goethe invited Schopenhauer to help him on his Theory of Colours. Although Schopenhauer considered colour theory a minor matter,Letter to Goethe on 23 January 1816: "Ich weiß, daß durch mich die Wahrheit geredet hat, – in dieser kleinen Sache, wie dereinst in größern." he accept... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | World as representation | World as representation
Schopenhauer saw his philosophy as an extension of Kant's, and used the results of Kant's theoretical and epistemological investigations (transcendental idealism) as starting point for his own. Kant had argued that the empirical world is merely a complex of appearances whose existence and conn... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | World as will | World as will
In Book Two of The World as Will and Representation, Schopenhauer considers what the world is beyond the aspect of it that appears to us—that is, the aspect of the world beyond representation, the world considered "in-itself" or "noumena", its inner essence. The very being in-itself of all things, Scho... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Art and aesthetics | Art and aesthetics
thumb|In his main work, Schopenhauer praised the Dutch Golden Age artists, who "directed such purely objective perception to the most insignificant objects, and set up a lasting monument of their objectivity and spiritual peace in paintings of still life. The aesthetic beholder does not contemplat... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Mathematics | Mathematics
Schopenhauer's realist views on mathematics are evident in his criticism of contemporaneous attempts to prove the parallel postulate in Euclidean geometry. Writing shortly before the discovery of hyperbolic geometry demonstrated the logical independence of the axiom—and long before the general theory of r... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Ethics | Ethics
Schopenhauer asserts that the task of ethics is not to prescribe moral actions that ought to be done, but to investigate moral actions. As such, he states that philosophy is always theoretical: its task to explain what is given.
According to Kant's transcendental idealism, space and time are forms of our sen... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Eternal justice | Eternal justice
Schopenhauer calls the principle through which multiplicity appears the principium individuationis. When we behold nature we see that it is a cruel battle for existence. Individual manifestations of the will can maintain themselves only at the expense of others—the will, as the only thing that exists,... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Quietism | Quietism
He who sees through the principium individuationis and comprehends suffering in general as his own will see suffering everywhere and, instead of fighting for the happiness of his individual manifestation, will abhor life itself since he knows that it is inseparably connected with suffering. For him, a happy ... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Psychology | Psychology
Philosophers have not traditionally been impressed by the necessity of sex, but Schopenhauer addressed sex and related concepts forthrightly:
He named a force within man that he felt took invariable precedence over reason: the will to live or will to life (Wille zum Leben), defined as an inherent drive wi... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Political and social thought | Political and social thought |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Politics | Politics
thumb|Bust in Frankfurt
Schopenhauer's politics were an echo of his system of ethics, which he elucidated in detail in his Die beiden Grundprobleme der Ethik (the two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morality).
In occasional political comments in his Parerga and Paralipomena and Manuscr... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Punishment | Punishment
The State, Schopenhauer claimed, punishes criminals to prevent future crimes. It places "beside every possible motive for committing a wrong a more powerful motive for leaving it undone, in the inescapable punishment. Accordingly, the criminal code is as complete a register as possible of counter-motives t... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Races and religions | Races and religions
Schopenhauer attributed civilizational primacy to the northern "white races" due to their sensitivity and creativity (except for the ancient Egyptians and Hindus, whom he saw as equal):
The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among ... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Women | Women
In his 1851 essay "On Women", Schopenhauer expressed opposition to what he called "Teutonico-Christian stupidity" of "reflexive, unexamined reverence for the female (abgeschmackten Weiberveneration)". He wrote: "Women are directly fitted for acting as the nurses and teachers of our early childhood by the fact t... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Pederasty | Pederasty
In the third, expanded edition of The World as Will and Representation (1859), Schopenhauer added an appendix to his chapter on the Metaphysics of Sexual Love. He wrote that pederasty has the benefit of preventing ill-begotten children. Concerning this, he stated that "the vice we are considering appears to... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Heredity and eugenics | Heredity and eugenics
thumb|upright|Schopenhauer at age 58 on 16 May 1846
Schopenhauer viewed personality and intellect as inherited. He quotes Horace's saying, "From the brave and good are the brave descended" (Odes, iv, 4, 29) and Shakespeare's line from Cymbeline, "Cowards father cowards, and base things sire bas... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Animal rights | Animal rights
As a consequence of his monistic philosophy, Schopenhauer was very concerned about animal welfare and rights.Christina Gerhardt, "Thinking With: Animals in Schopenhauer, Horkheimer and Adorno." Critical Theory and Animals. Ed. John Sanbonmatsu. Lanham: Rowland, 2011. 137–157.Stephen Puryear, "Schopenha... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Intellectual interests and affinities | Intellectual interests and affinities |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Indology | Indology
thumb|Schopenhauer, 1852
Schopenhauer read the Latin translation of the ancient Hindu texts, the Upanishads, translated by French writer Anquetil du Perron from the Persian translation of Prince Dara Shukoh entitled Sirre-Akbar ("The Great Secret"). He was so impressed by its philosophy that he called it "the... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Buddhism | Buddhism
Schopenhauer noted a correspondence between his doctrines and the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.Abelson, Peter (April 1993).
Schopenhauer and Buddhism . Philosophy East and West Volume 43, Number 2, pp. 255–278. University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved on: 12 April 2008. Similarities centered on the principles ... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Magic and occultism | Magic and occultism
Some traditions in Western esotericism and parapsychology interested Schopenhauer and influenced his philosophical theories. He praised animal magnetism as evidence for the reality of magic in his On the Will in Nature, and went so far as to accept the division of magic into left-hand and right-hand... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Interests | Interests
Schopenhauer had a wide range of interests, from science and opera to occultism and literature.
In his student years, Schopenhauer went more often to lectures in the sciences than philosophy. He kept a strong interest as his personal library contained near to 200 books of scientific literature at his death,... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Thoughts on other philosophers | Thoughts on other philosophers |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Giordano Bruno and Spinoza | Giordano Bruno and Spinoza
Schopenhauer saw Bruno and Spinoza as philosophers not bound to their age or nation. "Both were fulfilled by the thought, that as manifold the appearances of the world may be, it is still one being, that appears in all of them. ... Consequently, there is no place for God as creator of the w... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Immanuel Kant | Immanuel Kant
thumb|right|Schopenhauer's philosophy took Kant's work as its foundation. While he praised Kant's greatness, he nonetheless included a highly detailed criticism of Kantian philosophy as an appendix to The World as Will and Representation.
Kant's influence on Schopenhauer's development, personally as well... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Post-Kantian school | Post-Kantian school
The leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy—Johann Gottlieb Fichte, F. W. J. Schelling and G. W. F. Hegel—were not respected by Schopenhauer. He argued that they were not philosophers at all, for they lacked "the first requirement of a philosopher, namely a seriousness and honesty of inquiry."Par... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Influence and legacy | Influence and legacy
thumb|Sculpture of Schopenhauer by Elisabeth Ney
Schopenhauer remained the most influential German philosopher until the First World War. His philosophy was a starting point for a new generation of philosophers including Julius Bahnsen, Paul Deussen, Lazar von Hellenbach, Karl Robert Eduard von Har... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Selected bibliography | Selected bibliography
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde), 1813
On Vision and Colors (Ueber das Sehn und die Farben), 1816
Theory of Colors (Theoria colorum physiologica), 1830.
The World as Will and Representation (alternati... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Online | Online
The Art of Controversy (Die Kunst, Recht zu behalten) . (bilingual) [The Art of Being Right]
Studies in Pessimism – audiobook from LibriVox
The World as Will and Idea at the Internet Archive:
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
"On the fourfold root of the principle of sufficient reason" and "On the will in... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | See also | See also
Antinatalism
Existential nihilism
Eye of a needle
God in Buddhism
Massacre of the Innocents (Guido Reni)
Misotheism
Mortal coil
Nihilism
Post-Schopenhauerian pessimism |
Arthur Schopenhauer | References | References |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Sources | Sources
Albright, Daniel (2004) Modernism and Music: An Anthology of Sources. University of Chicago Press.
Beiser, Frederick C., Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860–1900 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016).
Hannan, Barbara, The Riddle of the World: A Reconsideration of Schopenhauer's Philos... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Further reading | Further reading |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Biographies | Biographies
Copleston, Frederick, Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher of pessimism (Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1946)
Damm, O. F., Arthur Schopenhauer – eine Biographie (Reclam, 1912)
Fischer, Kuno, Arthur Schopenhauer (Heidelberg: Winter, 1893); revised as Schopenhauers Leben, Werke und Lehre (Heidelberg: Winter, 189... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Other books | Other books
App, Urs. Arthur Schopenhauer and China. Sino-Platonic Papers Nr. 200 (April 2010) (PDF, 8.7 Mb PDF, 164 p.). Contains extensive appendixes with transcriptions and English translations of Schopenhauer's early notes about Buddhism and Indian philosophy.
App, Urs, Schopenhauers Kompass. Die Geburt einer P... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Articles | Articles
Jiménez, Camilo, 2006, "Tagebuch eines Ehrgeizigen: Arthur Schopenhauers Studienjahre in Berlin," Avinus Magazin (in German).
Luchte, James, 2009, "The Body of Sublime Knowledge: The Aesthetic Phenomenology of Arthur Schopenhauer," Heythrop Journal, Volume 50, Number 2, pp. 228–242.
Mazard, Eisel, 2005,... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | External links | External links
"Arthur Schopenhauer" an article by Mary Troxell in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011
Kant's philosophy as rectified by Schopenhauer
Timeline of German Philosophers
A Quick Introduction to Schopenhauer
Ross, Kelley L., 1998, "Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)". Two short essay... |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Education, Early work, Later life, Philosophy, Theory of perception, World as representation, World as will, Art and aesthetics, Mathematics, Ethics, Eternal justice, Quietism, Psychology, Political and social thought, Politics, Punishment, Races and religions, Women, Pederasty, Heredity ... |
Angola | Short description | Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Co... |
Angola | Etymology | Etymology
The name Angola comes from the Portuguese colonial name ('Kingdom of Angola'), which appeared as early as Paulo Dias de Novais's 1571 charter. The toponym was derived by the Portuguese from the title ngola, held by the kings of Ndongo and Matamba. Ndongo in the highlands, between the Kwanza and Lucala rivers... |
Angola | History | History |
Angola | Early migrations and political units | Early migrations and political units
thumb|upright|left|King João I, Manikongo of the Kingdom of Kongo
Modern Angola was populated predominantly by nomadic Khoi and San peoples prior to the first Bantu migrations. The Khoi and San peoples were hunter-gatherers, rather than practicing pastoralism or cultivation of crop... |
Angola | Portuguese colonization | Portuguese colonization
thumb|upright|left|Coat of arms granted to King Afonso I of Kongo by King Manuel I of Portugal
Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão reached the area in 1484. The previous year, the Portuguese had established relations with the Kingdom of Kongo, which stretched at the time from modern Gabon in the nort... |
Angola | Angolan War of Independence | Angolan War of Independence
thumb|left|Portuguese Armed Forces marching in Luanda during the Portuguese Colonial Wars (1961–74).
Under colonial law, black Angolans were forbidden from forming political parties or labour unions. The first nationalist movements did not take root until after World War II, spearheaded by ... |
Angola | Angolan Civil War | Angolan Civil War
thumb|left|upright|Agostinho Neto, first President of Angola.
Throughout the war of independence, the three rival nationalist movements were severely hampered by political and military factionalism, as well as their inability to unite guerrilla efforts against the Portuguese. Between 1961 and 1975 th... |
Angola | 21st century | 21st century
thumb|right|Luanda is experiencing widespread urban renewal and redevelopment in the 21st century, backed largely by profits from the oil and diamond industries.
On 22 February 2002, government troops killed Savimbi in a skirmish in the Moxico province. UNITA and the MPLA consented to the Luena Memorandum... |
Angola | Geography | Geography
thumb|upright|Topography of Angola
At , Angola is the world's twenty-second largest country – comparable in size to Mali, or twice the size of France or of Texas. It lies mostly between latitudes 4° and 18°S, and longitudes 12° and 24°E.
Angola borders Namibia to the south, Zambia to the east, the Democrat... |
Angola | Climate | Climate
thumb|300px|Angola map of Köppen climate classification.
Like the rest of tropical Africa, Angola experiences distinct, alternating rainy and dry seasons. In the north, the rainy season may last for as long as seven months—usually from September to April, with perhaps a brief slackening in January or February... |
Angola | Wildlife | Wildlife |
Angola | Government and politics | Government and politics
thumb|right|The National Assembly of Angola
The Angolan government is composed of three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch of the government is composed of the President, the vice-presidents and the Council of Ministers.
The legislative branch c... |
Angola | Constitution | Constitution
thumb|right|João Lourenço, President of Angola
The Constitution of 2010 establishes the broad outlines of government structure and delineates the rights and duties of citizens. The legal system is based on Portuguese law and customary law but is weak and fragmented, and courts operate in only 12 of more t... |
Angola | Justice | Justice
A Supreme Court serves as a court of appeal. The Constitutional Court is the supreme body of the constitutional jurisdiction, established with the approval of Law no. 2/08, of 17 June – Organic Law of the Constitutional Court and Law n. 3/08, of 17 June – Organic Law of the Constitutional Process. The legal sys... |
Angola | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions
thumb|300px|right|Map of the provinces of Angola
thumb|300px|right|Provincial Government of Huambo.
, Angola is divided into twenty-one provinces (províncias) and 162 municipalities. The municipalities are further divided into 559 communes (townships). The provinces are:
+NumberProvinceCapita... |
Angola | Exclave of Cabinda | Exclave of Cabinda
thumb|right|Provincial Government of Namibe.
With an area of approximately , the Northern Angolan province of Cabinda is unusual in being separated from the rest of the country by a strip, some wide, of the Democratic Republic of Congo along the lower Congo River. Cabinda borders the Congo Republic... |
Angola | Foreign relations | Foreign relations
thumb|upright|Foreign Minister of Angola Manuel Domingos Augusto.
Angola is a founding member state of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across four continents,... |
Angola | Military | Military
thumb|right|Soldiers of the Angolan Armed Forces in full dress uniform
The Angolan Armed Forces (Forças Armadas Angolanas, FAA) are headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the Minister of Defence. There are three divisions—the Army (Exército), Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MGA) and National Air Force (Força Aére... |
Angola | Police | Police
thumb|right|Angolan National Police officers
The National Police departments are Public Order, Criminal Investigation, Traffic and Transport, Investigation and Inspection of Economic Activities, Taxation and Frontier Supervision, Riot Police and the Rapid Intervention Police. The National Police are in the proc... |
Angola | Human rights | Human rights
Angola was classified as 'not free' by Freedom House in the Freedom in the World 2014 report and the 2024 report, however the report has noted increases in freedoms under João Lourenço. The 2014 report noted that the August 2012 parliamentary elections, in which the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberat... |
Angola | Economy | Economy
thumb|GDP per capita 1950 to 2018
Angola has diamonds, oil, gold, copper, rich wildlife (which was dramatically depleted during the civil war), forest, and fossil fuels. Since independence, oil and diamonds have been the most important economic resources. Smallholder and plantation agriculture dramatically dro... |
Angola | Natural resources | Natural resources
thumb|right|An offshore oil drilling platform off the coast of central Angola
The Economist reported in 2008 that diamonds and oil make up 60% of Angola's economy, almost all of the country's revenue and all of its dominant exports."Marching towards riches and democracy?" The Economist. 30 August 200... |
Angola | Agriculture | Agriculture
thumb|right|Capanda Dam on the Cuanza
Agriculture and forestry is an area of potential opportunity for the country. The African Economic Outlook organization states that "Angola requires 4.5 million tonnes a year of grain but grows only about 55% of the maize it needs, 20% of the rice and just 5% of its re... |
Angola | Transport | Transport
thumb|right|TAAG Angola Airlines is the country's state-owned national carrier.
Transport in Angola consists of:
Three separate railway systems totalling
of highway of which is paved
1,295 navigable inland waterways
five major sea ports
243 airports, of which 32 are paved.
Angola centers its port tra... |
Angola | Telecommunications | Telecommunications
thumb|right|Lobito hosts a major seaport.
thumb|right|Luanda's construction boom is financed largely by oil and diamonds.
The telecommunications industry is considered one of the main strategic sectors in Angola.
In October 2014, the building of an optic fiber underwater cable was announced. This pr... |
Angola | Technology | Technology
The management of the top-level domain '.ao' passed from Portugal to Angola in 2015, following new legislation.Angola to manage own internet domain from 2015 Telecompaper, 16 September 2014 A joint decree of Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technologies José Carvalho da Rocha and the ministe... |
Angola | Demographics | Demographics
thumb|right|upright=1.2|Historical ethnic divisions of Angola
Angola has a population of 24,383,301 inhabitants according to the preliminary results of its 2014 census, the first one conducted or carried out since 15 December 1970. It is composed of Ovimbundu (language Umbundu) 37%, Ambundu (language Kimb... |
Angola | Urbanization | Urbanization |
Angola | Languages | Languages
thumb|Situation of Portuguese in each province of Angola:
The languages in Angola are those originally spoken by the different ethnic groups and Portuguese, introduced during the Portuguese colonial era. The most widely spoken indigenous languages are Umbundu, Kimbundu and Kikongo, in that order. Portugue... |
Angola | Religion | Religion
left|thumb|Catholic church of Uaco Cungo
There are about 1,000 religious communities, mostly Christian, in Angola.Viegas, Fátima (2008) Panorâmica das Religiões em Angola Independente (1975–2008), Ministério da Cultura/Instituto Nacional para os Assuntos Religiosos, Luanda While reliable statistics are nonex... |
Angola | Health | Health
thumb|right|Lucrécia Paím Maternity Hospital
Epidemics of cholera, malaria, rabies and African hemorrhagic fevers like Marburg hemorrhagic fever, are common diseases in several parts of the country. Many regions in this country have high incidence rates of tuberculosis and high HIV prevalence rates. Dengue, f... |
Angola | Education | Education
thumb|right|Agostinho Neto University
Although by law education in Angola is compulsory and free for eight years, the government reports that a percentage of pupils are not attending due to a lack of school buildings and teachers."Botswana". 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Bureau of Intern... |
Angola | Culture | Culture
thumb|upright|Agostinho Neto National Memorial in Luanda
Angolan culture has been heavily influenced by Portuguese culture, especially in language and religion, and the culture of the indigenous ethnic groups of Angola, predominantly Bantu culture.
The diverse ethnic communities—the Ovimbundu, Ambundu, Bakon... |
Angola | Media | Media |
Angola | Cinema | Cinema
In 1972, one of Angola's first feature films, Sarah Maldoror's internationally co-produced Sambizanga, was released at the Carthage Film Festival to critical acclaim, winning the Tanit d'Or, the festival's highest prize. |
Angola | Sports | Sports
thumb|upright=1.15|The National Stadium in Benguela
Basketball is the second most popular sport in Angola. Its national team has won the AfroBasket 11 times and holds the record of most titles. As a top team in Africa, it is a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup. Angola is hom... |
Angola | See also | See also
Outline of Angola
Index of Angola-related articles |
Angola | Notes | Notes |
Angola | References | References |
Angola | Further reading | Further reading
Birmingham, David (2006) Empire in Africa: Angola and its Neighbors, Ohio University Press: Athens, Ohio.
Bösl, Anton (2008) Angola's Parliamentary Elections in 2008. A Country on its Way to One-Party-Democracy, KAS Auslandsinformationen 10/2008. Die Parlamentswahlen in Angola 2008
Cilliers, Jackie... |
Angola | External links | External links
Angola. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
Angola from UCB Libraries GovPubs.
Angola profile from the BBC News.
Key Development Forecasts for Angola from International Futures.
Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2012 – Angola Country Report
Markus Weimer, "The Peace Dividend: Analysis of ... |
Angola | Table of Content | Short description, Etymology, History, Early migrations and political units, Portuguese colonization, Angolan War of Independence, Angolan Civil War, 21st century, Geography, Climate, Wildlife, Government and politics, Constitution, Justice, Administrative divisions, Exclave of Cabinda, Foreign relations, Military, Pol... |
Demographics of Angola | Short description | Demographic features of the population of Angola include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.
350px|alt=|thumb|Angolas population between 1960 and 2017.
According to 2014 census data, Angola had a population of 25,789,024 inha... |
Demographics of Angola | Population | Population
thumb|450px|Demographics development according to the United Nations
According to the 2022 revision of the world factbook the total population was 34,795,287 in 2022. The proportion of children below the age of 14 in 2020 was 47.83%, 49.87% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.3% was 65 years or older... |
Demographics of Angola | Vital statistics | Vital statistics
Registration of vital events in Angola is not complete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.
Mid-year population (thousands)Live births (thousands)Deaths (thousands)Natural change (thousands)Crude birth... |
Demographics of Angola | Demographic and Health Surveys | Demographic and Health Surveys
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted TFR) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):
Year Total Urban Rural CBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR 2006–2007 42.4 5.8 35.0 4.4 50.2 7.7 2011 45.5 6.3 36.5 4.6 51.8 7.7 2014 (census) 5.7 5.2 6.5 2015–16 43.4 6.2 (5.2) 40.6 5.3 (4.4) 48.4 8.2 (7.1) 2023-24 33.7 4.8 2... |
Demographics of Angola | Ethnic groups | Ethnic groups
thumb|right|300px|Ethnic groups of Angola 1970
Roughly 37% of Angolans are Ovimbundu, 25% are Ambundu, 13% are Bakongo, 7% are mestiço, 1-2% are white Africans, and people from other African ethnicities make up 22% of Angola's population.
Romani people were deported to Angola from Portugal.REPORT ON ROMA... |
Demographics of Angola | Languages | Languages
Portuguese is the official language of Angola, but Bantu and other African languages are also widely spoken. In fact, Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu, Tuchokwe, Ganguela, and Ukanyama have the official status of "national languages". The mastery of Portuguese is widespread; in the cities the overwhelming majority... |
Demographics of Angola | Religion | Religion
Angola is a majority Christian country. Official statistics do not exist, however it is estimated that over 80% belong to a Christian church or community. More than half are Catholic, the remaining ones comprising members of traditional Protestant churches as well as of Pentecostal communities. Only 0.1% are ... |
Demographics of Angola | References | References
Attribution:
2003 |
Demographics of Angola | External links | External links
Population cartogram of Angola
Category:Society of Angola |
Demographics of Angola | Table of Content | Short description, Population, Vital statistics, Demographic and Health Surveys, Ethnic groups, Languages, Religion, References, External links |
Politics of Angola | Short description | The current political regime in Angola is presidentialism, in which the President of the Republic is also head of state and government; it is advised by a Council of Ministers, which together with the President form the national executive power. Legislative power rests with the 220 parliamentarians elected to the Natio... |
Politics of Angola | History | History
Since the adoption of a new constitution in 2010, the politics of Angola takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Angola is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested... |
Politics of Angola | Executive branch | Executive branch
The 2010 constitution grants the President almost absolute power. Elections for the National assembly are to take place every five years, and the President is automatically the leader of the winning party or coalition. It is for the President to appoint (and dismiss) all of the following:
The members ... |
Politics of Angola | Legislative branch | Legislative branch
The National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) has 223 members, elected for a four-year term, 130 members by proportional representation, 90 members in provincial districts, and 3 members to represent Angolans abroad. The general elections in 1997 were rescheduled for 5 September 2008. The ruling party ... |
Politics of Angola | Political parties and elections | Political parties and elections |
Politics of Angola | Judicial branch | Judicial branch
Supreme Court (or "Tribunal da Relacao") judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the president. The Constitutional Court, with the power of judicial review, contains 11 justices. Four are appointed by the President, four by the National Assembly, two by the Superior Council of the Judiciary, and on... |
Politics of Angola | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions
Angola has eighteen provinces: Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire |