
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.

We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.


The oppression/resistance model of politics explains some things, but it does not explain everything, and less and less these days on the continent.

When the Financial Times commits an entire article to topics Angolan, it fills my Google news alert for a week.


Video of a worthwhile lecture (recorded in February this year) by Berkeley geographer Michael Watts breaking down the workings of the oil industry.
