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Njinga of Angola : Africa’s Warrior Queen
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ISBN: 9780674971820 0674971825 0674979052 0674979060 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press,

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One of history's most multifaceted rulers but little known in the West, Queen Njinga rivaled Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great in political cunning and military prowess. Today, she is revered in Angola as a heroine and honored in folk religions. Her complex legacy forms a crucial part of the collective memory of the Afro-Atlantic world.--


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Angola : 2016 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Angola.
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ISBN: 147557567X 1475575645 Year: 2017 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the oil price shock that started in mid-2014 has substantially reduced Angola’s fiscal revenue and exports. Growth was estimated to come to a halt in 2016, with the nonoil sector contracting by 0.5 percent, dragged down by the industrial, construction, and services sectors. Industrial production, despite the potential for import substitution, was constrained by shortages of imported inputs owing to limited availability of foreign exchange. The current account deficit, which peaked at 10 percent of GDP in 2015, is projected to be halved in 2016–17, as imports continue adjusting to limited availability of foreign exchange.

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