Overseas Portugal in pictures and videos/O Portugal ultramarino em fotografias e vídeos

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LOURENÇO MARQUES (MAPUTO), MOZAMBIQUE/MOÇAMBIQUE

Lourenço Marques in the 1970s/Lourenço Marques nos anos 70 do séc. XX



Lyrics of the song "Lourenço Marques" featured in the video/Letra da música "Lourenço Marques" ouvida no vídeo:

Lourenço Marques
By/Por João Maria Tudella

Há um não sei quê nesta cidade
Côr em seus jardins com ar contente
Um jeito de sorrir
Por bem que só por si atrái

Há um não sei quê nesta cidade
Que nos faz pensar alegremente
O cheiro bom que terra tem
Depois que a chuva cai

Lourenço Marques
Minha flor, meu garriço
O teu nome não sei que faz
Só sei que traz feitiço

Lourenço Marques
Meu amor, meu elevo
Boa sorte que tu me dás
É a que traz o trevo

Lourenço Marques
Quem te deixa cidade
Que veneno não sei lhe dá
só sei que traz saudade

Lol, it looked very developed to an african country, much more than I expected. Way more weathier than todays Maputo. Also, many whites on the street, what was the peak of white population in Africa/Angola/Moçambique? 15%?

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Unfortunately, the several decades of civil war that followed independence in 1975-76 completely ruined those countries. Only recently (last 15 years or so) have they begun to recovery. These were very nice places to live and prosper.



Perhaps that picture was actually taken in Brazil?

Some of the links to the pictures seem to be broken now. Damn. :/

Communism always ruining tropical countries with iberian very rich elites. The problem of iberian colonizations is that they always create very unequal and money oriented societies where families with money live expetacular lifes and the native people die of envy offering a very open pro communism dispersion area like Cuba, Angola, Moçambique and Venezuela.

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Lol, it looked very developed to an african country, much more than I expected. Way more weathier than todays Maputo. Also, many whites on the street, what was the peak of white population in Africa/Angola/Moçambique? 15%?

I don't know the %, but yes, that was the peak of Europeans in Angola and Moçambique. Due to the growth of leftist independence movements (backed by the USSR) in both Angola and Mozambique, the central Portuguese government introduced a policy of massive settlement with Portuguese people in the 1960s.

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Communism always ruining tropical countries with iberian very rich elites. The problem of iberian colonizations is that they always create very unequal and money oriented societies where families with money live expetacular lifes and the native people die of envy offering a very open pro communism dispersion area like Cuba, Angola, Moçambique and Venezuela.

Well, actually the ones who started to revolt against the Portuguese were educated blacks who've had access to higher education in Portugal. The problem is, they got into contact with communists who wanted to oust Salazar/Marcelo Caetano, and other black communists from other countries which had recently become independent (from France and the UK). Most black people though, would have preferred Portuguese rule forever. They had jobs and food at least. When Portugal left, they died of hunger by the millions - and many actually came to Portugal to flee the chaos of civil war, disease and famine.

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Well, actually the ones who started to revolt against the Portuguese were educated blacks who've had access to higher education in Portugal. The problem is, they got into contact with communists who wanted to oust Salazar/Marcelo Caetano, and other black communists from other countries which had recently become independent (from France and the UK). Most black people though, would have preferred Portuguese rule forever. They had jobs and food at least. When Portugal left, they died of hunger by the millions - and many actually came to Portugal to flee the chaos of civil war, disease and famine.

True, whites offered jobs, knowhow and technology there. We can clearly see South Africa, Cuba, Zimbabue, Kenia, Venezuela going down after white flights.

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LUANDA, ANGOLA

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city in Angola, and the country's most populous and important city, primary port and major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative centre.

Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais founded Luanda on 25 January 1576 as "São Paulo da Assumpção de Loanda", with one hundred families of settlers and four hundred soldiers.

Coat of Arms/Brasão de Armas



Pictures/Fotografias

Downtown/Baixa


Avenue/Avenida Paulo Dias de Novais


Avenue/Avenida dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra


City Hall/Câmara Municipal


Mussulo Beach/Praia do Mussulo


São Jorge Beach/Praia de São Jorge


Bay of Luanda and Corniche/Baía de Luanda e Avenida Marginal


Miramar Movie Theatre/Cinema Miramar


Bank of Angola/Banco de Angola


Luís de Camões Street/Rua Luís de Camões


Pereira Forjaz Street/Rua Pereira Forjaz


First TAP flight on a Boeing 747 from Lisbon to Luanda/Primeiro voo da TAP num Boeing 747 entre Lisboa e Luanda

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LUANDA, ANGOLA

Governor's Palace/Palácio do Governo


Wharf/Porto de Luanda


Square/Largo Diogo Cão


Church/Igreja da Sagrada Família


Aerial view/Vista aérea


Fortress/Fortaleza de São Miguel


Square/Largo Almirante Batista de Andrade


Night view/Vista nocturna

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NOVA LISBOA (HUAMBO), ANGOLA

Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa (English: New Lisbon, 1928–1975), is the capital of the province of Huambo in Angola. The city is located about 220 km E from Benguela and 600 km SE from Luanda. The city is the second largest in Angola, after the capital city, Luanda. Huambo is a main hub on the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB) (the Benguela Railway), which runs from the port of Lobito to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's southernmost province, Katanga. Huambo is served by the Albano Machado Airport (formerly Nova Lisboa Airport).

Coat of Arms/Brasão de Armas



Pictures/Fotografias

Aerial view/Vista aérea


Norton de Matos Monument/Monumento a Norton de Matos


Postcard from Nova Lisboa/Postal de Nova Lisboa


Garden/Jardim




Estufa Fria


Residence/Moradia


Cathedral/Sé Catedral de Nova Lisboa


Norton de Matos School/Liceu Norton de Matos


Market/Mercado da Cidade Alta


Avenue/Avenida Presidente Craveiro Lopes


Street/Rua (unidentified/não identificada)

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NOVA LISBOA (HUAMBO), ANGOLA

Nova Lisboa on video/Nova Lisboa em vídeo


Day in the life of a family from Nova Lisboa/Dia na vida de uma família de Nova Lisboa

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These are the best videos about the subject from the series "Do Outro Lado do Tempo", it would be worth it if you edited the OP to include them:

From Angola in the 60's and early 70's:


From Mozambique in the same period: