Population: 13,338,541; Ovimbundu 37 percent, Kimbundu 25 percent, Bakongo 13 percent, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2 percent, European 1 percent, other 22 percent; Median age is 18.

There was a moment in Angola’s history when the Angolan army, supported by Cuban troops, was locked in battle with the South African army and the guerrilla fighters of Jonas Savimbi’s Unita in ...