- Countries:
- Angola
- Topics:
- Development, Economics, Food, Agriculture
- Languages:
- Portuguese
To mark the beginning of the Africa's month, Eugénio Costa Almeida [pt] publishes a video of 1985's Michael Jackson's song and explains: “This is because once more the world faces food shortage, this time not because of a drought or natural disasters but because Men (should it really be in upper case?) want to earn millions and countries want to show their non-dependency and self-capacity of energy subsistence producing cereals not to eat but to create bio-fuels.”
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Dear Paula Goes,
Sim somos do mundo, mas Angola pertence as Nacoes Etnicas Africanas de Angola: Kikongo, Ovimbundu, Kimbundu, Tchokwe, Ngangela, Kuaniama, Mumuila, Mukubale.
Angola mosaico dos varios nacoes etnicas africanas. Angola belong to various africans nations of Angola as owners.
Sincerely,
NZUZI DOMINGOS,
Angolan politician.
Thank you for your comment, Nzuzi
Just a quick note to say that Angola in the title means that the blogger we quoted was Angolan blogger.