Abstract
A review of - Estelle Maussion, Le dos Santos Company: Mainmise sur l’Angola (Paris: Editions Karthala, 2019), 204pp, €10.00. ISBN 9782811126377.
Paula Cristina Roque, Governing in the Shadows: Angola’s Securitised State (London: Hurst & Company, 2021), 279pp, Index, £22.00. ISBN 9781787385740.
Rui Santos Verde, Angola at the Crossroads: Between Kleptocracy and Development (London: I.B. Tauris, 2021), 201pp, Index, £76.50. ISBN 97807555606733..
The author reviews three books about the recent history of Angola, discusses the transition from the long rule of José Eduardo dos Santos to that of his successor, João Lourenço, and evaluates the likelihood that the ruling party, the MPLA, will retain power in the national elections of August 2022. Review of Estelle Maussion, La dos Santos Company: Mainmise sur l’Angola (Paris: Editions Karthala, 2019), Paula Cristina Roque, Governing in the Shadows: Angola’s Securitised State (London: Hurst & Company, 2021) and Rui Santos Verde, Angola at the Crossroads: Between Kleptocracy and Development (London: I.B. Tauris, 2021).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 121-133 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | The Africa Governance Papers |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 1 Nov 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- Angola
- transitional politics
- Jose Eduardo dos Santos
- Isabel dos Santos
- Joao Lourenco
- MPLA
- UNITA
- civil war
- economic crisis
- leadership crisis
- book club coup
- finance
- mineral resources
- petrol