04JAN2019 - Holiday Today - Angola

Angola - Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day
January 4 is Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day in Angola, a very important holiday in the history of national liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonial occupation.
Portuguese occupied Angola in 1482 and administered it as its colony for about 500 years. The struggle against colonization began with the uprising of the peasants who worked for the cotton company. They demanded better living standards and working conditions, exemption of the tax and the end of enforced labor. Portuguese decided to repress the demonstrates and killed over 10,000 peasants on January 4, 1961.

Bunker Price at Angola Ports