Portuguese back to Angola - Straight through Africa | VPRO Documentary
Bram Vermeulen is in Angola, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In this former Portuguese colony, so much money is being earned that the Portuguese are fleeing the crisis in their own country to seek their luck in Angola.
Portugal sighs under towering unemployment, but in the meantime the economy of Angola - where people speak Portuguese - grows like cabbage. Many Portuguese people therefore come to the African country in recent years to work there. Among these guest workers are so-called 'retornados' - people of Portuguese origin who fled the country in haste around 1975 and now find a radically different Angola than they had left behind at the time.
Not everyone fled. Bram visits an old woman who saw her farm destroyed three times in the civil war. He has always been rebuilt. Her younger sister-in-law grew up here, but fled to Portugal in 1976. "Only very brave people stayed here in the jungle. Young people, like my cousins and I, went away. " The war was very violent, she says, and furthermore, further study in Angola has become impossible.
It was not really quiet in the years before, because that war started as a twelve-year struggle for independence. After independence, the violence went seamlessly into a 30-year civil war. This has been over since 2002 and the economy has ended up in a grove. There are now rich Angolans, such as the young woman who visits Bram in her huge house in Luanda. A Portuguese designer is busy perfecting the interior.
welcome
The guest workers are very welcome here, she says, because they come to work and create new jobs because of the knowledge they bring. She is optimistic about the new Angola. In the practice of the less wealthy, such as Fundulu the fixer, there is still a lot to improve. Flowing water in the house would be nice, and reliable electricity. He tells this while he maneuvers a car through the chaotic traffic in Luanda. A less patient person could also jump out of his skin. Bram would not be able to save it here, he thinks.
The Portuguese designer also had some trouble with things like this at first. He noticed the enormous gap between rich and poor. But it does have advantages for his work: his customers are so rich that he can fully enjoy himself in the interior design.
The reconstruction of Angola is largely carried out by foreign companies. Not only in Luanda, but also in the city of Kuito, in the middle of the country. Immediately after the war there were only ruins there, says the mayor. A ghost town, with parks full of graves. The dead are now gone and new housing blocks are building up. Partly built by Portuguese contractors, who can not find any jobs in their own country.
Episode 8. The lost paradise
Bram Vermeulen visits Angola, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Business is booming in this former colony of Portugal, so that many Portuguese flee the crisis in their own country to seek their fortune in Angola.
Director: Doke Romeijn and Stefanie de Brouwer
© VPRO October 2014
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Пікірлер: 27
Indeed, I miss my homeland Angola. I know that my country doesn't look like New York City, but it is a great opportunity for me to be part soon in history among brave men that are helping Angola to become a great country where people can be proud for their beautiful culture, smart hometowns, and citizenship. Jack Ma once said, " Where there is a problem, there is an opportunity". Please hold on Angola. I am coming back soon to serve you as a my duty and not to criticize you. Good to see the book, "Rich Dad and Poor Dad" in that lady's house.
@chrissmith-td3iu
4 жыл бұрын
Go for it dude, give it your best shot. Most of the fools around you will never leave the ten square miles around them. The only thing that will happen is win or lose. If you win then excellent you set for life. If you lose you simply go back, simples
Oh how the tables have turned...but the poverty needs to be dealt with, Luanda looks nice, but what about the other regions and the people?
@cinnamonstar808
5 жыл бұрын
🎥 its where they point their camera: slums and ghost towns are in every country.. because human creations need up keeps. Just like he portraits "rush-hour" like its an African phenomenon; Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York, Miami Paris, RIO all have roads...with too many cars. His reporting is his mentality You can always know the race behind the camera when you see footage of Africa. if construction is on the RIGHT and Newer Building is on the LEFT. they point their 📹camera on RIGHT, look for wild animals, big belly children ..look for dirt or somebody playing drums or dancing. ✏️grab a pencil, re-watch the video; and see it they dont all check off the list 📑. THE SAME IS THE SAME which is why Angola should make native language be the official language and cancel white-Jesus (11:18 ) that shot, is not an accident either.
Africa will never get rich by farming or mining. This wealth is a mirage.
@MagutoKibetTyson
4 жыл бұрын
Depends with management, then Africa can get rich doing mining and farming
A professora negra resumiu muito bem a situação dizendo que Portugal não precisa dela, mas Angola o faz.
Gostei muito o reportagem 🇦🇴👍🏾
I am a professional from the UK and was thinking of relocating to Angola - any tips from your good subscribers?
@Pharrell19354
5 жыл бұрын
Adoniz Blaze makes two of us, I'm from west London, I want to move to Angola so bad. Beautiful country, booming economy, safe (huge reason for my choice)
@dondicas
5 жыл бұрын
I am Angolan and I love when foreign nationals come into my country. It is good for the economy which nose dived late in 2014 due to falling oil prices. Currently, oil is still by far the country's largest commodity and the new president intends to reverse this scenario by diversifying the country's heavely-oil-dependent economy and a good way to accomplish this goal is by attracting investors into the country. This explains why he is constantly abroad. Slowly but surely Angola will get back to her former glory (back in her heydays). So, already, welcome to Angola. beneditodumbo@gmail.com
@Goodatlast-wv5zy
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t do it.
@stephenbrand5661
4 жыл бұрын
Brexit’s probably gonna tip things into recession but it won’t be as bad as civil war, rampant tropical disease, corruption, violent crime etc. I would stay in the U.K.
What language is the narrator gentleman speaking?
The look mixed race, not pure Portuguese. But Portugal is a multicultural and multiracial country.
I wont to speek portuguese help me
Will those Portuguese obtain Angolan nationality
@guy11boyyahooo
5 жыл бұрын
Yes if they marry a native. but if the africans can change the laws like they have in china then these non africans would not be eligible for citizenship even if they are married to the locals they would need to apply for visas every other month or so. which if you ask me is the smart route to take Lord knows I don't want to deal with arrogant white racists in africa all my life.
@holdtightasnee286
5 жыл бұрын
User Handle so are they on work visa
@dragSD666
5 жыл бұрын
alanbev you just described yourself 👍👍😂 congratulations . Nabo
@nuno00100
4 жыл бұрын
@alanbev yikes you sound like a horrible person.
foi aquilo k o teu passado ensinou a esse povo?em portugal nao ha maladros? pk voces usaram os escravos? o k tu pagas a eles e o mesmo k se paga na europa? esse povo andou a fugir da guerra k tu e a europa america criaram russia tb...vai pra portugal entao pra trabalhares mais rapido e andares na linha??