Luanda, Angola - Slavery, Memorial - (2 of 3)

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We visited the National Museum of Slavery in Morro da Cruz, Luanda, Angola, the port where most of the slaves were indoctrinated and then sent away. The museum, founded in 1997, depicts the history of slavery. It displays photos and lithographs hanging on the walls telling the story. Angola was one of the largest slave-traders along the west coast of Africa. The site where the museum sits is where slaves were unwillingly baptized before being put on ships.

After some time to absorb the inhumanity and treatment of these people, we were treated to the "antithesis" of this sadness, school children dancing and singing outside the museum and a marketplace close-by, where we got to support the economy.

After a long ride back to the heart of Luanda, we saw many of the government buildings including the impressive National Assembly building. Our next stop was the memorial and museum (built by the Chinese and beyond BIG) to António Agostinho Neto, Angola’s first president after its independence from Portugal. He led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola and was president from 1975 to 1979. The iconic Mausoleum towers over the rest of the city.Read more