<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Angola is a country in southwestern Africa . The country's name derives from the Kimbundu word for king . It was first settled by San hunter - gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu states such as Kongo and Ndongo . From the 15th century, Portuguese colonists began trading, and a settlement was established at Luanda during the 16th century . Portugal annexed territories in the region which were ruled as a colony from 1655, and Angola was incorporated as an overseas province of Portugal in 1951 . After the Angolan War of Independence which ended with an army mutiny and leftist coup in Lisbon, Angola's independence was achieved on November 11, 1975 through the Alvor Agreement . After independence, Angola later entered a period of civil war that lasted up until 2002 . </P> <P> The area of current day Angola was inhabited during the paleolithic and neolithic eras, as attested by remains found in Luanda, Congo, and the Namibe desert . At the beginning of recorded history other cultures and people also arrived . </P>

Angola and mozambique were once colonies of which country