Angolan Communist Party Explained

Angolan Communist Party
Partido Comunista Angolano
Colorcode:Red
Leader:Mário Pinto de Andrade
Joaquim Pinto de Andrade
Foundation:October 1955
Ideology:Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Country:Angola
Merged:MPLA
Position:Far-left

Angolan Communist Party (in Portuguese: Partido Comunista Angolano) was an underground political party in Portuguese Angola (during the Estado Novo regime), founded in October 1955, under influence from the Portuguese Communist Party. PCA was led by the brothers Mário Pinto de Andrade and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade (a Catholic priest). PCA set up clandestine schools and libraries in Luanda, and established branches in Catete and Malanje.

In December 1956 it merged into the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Shantz, Jeff. "Angolan national liberation, 1961–1974." Blackwell Reference Online. Retrieved 29 January 2011.