ANGOLA
(Formerly called Portuguese West Africa)
(See also Umbundu [Language])
description: yb01 69
health and disease:
sleeping sickness: g99 5/8 28
land mines: g00 5/8 29
maps: yb01 81; g99 8/22 20
solar eclipse (June 21, 2001): g02 8/22 21-24
Jehovah’s Witnesses
annual report: yb93 7; w92 1/1 7
assemblies: yb01 87, 89-90, 94
Assembly Hall: yb01 138
Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses office:
Luanda (1992): yb01 131-132
Luanda (1994): yb01 132-133
ban (1978-1992): yb01 98, 127; g99 8/22 22-23; jv 701
Bethel family: hdu article 28; yb01 140-142
Bible studies: w16.11 2; jv 701
blood issue:
Hospital Liaison Committees: yb01 138-140
Branch Committee: yb01 135, 140; g99 8/22 21, 23
branch office:
expansion: hdu article 28
Luanda (1996): yb01 135-136; g99 8/22 23
Luanda area (2005): yb06 12, 25-26; yb01 132
branch office having oversight:
Portugal (1960): yb01 79
civil-war period (1975-1991): yb01 88-124
civil-war period (1992- ): yb01 127-131, 144-145
clergy opposition:
Catholic radio station: yb01 96
colonial war period (1961-1974): yb01 79-80, 82-86
confusion with Toco group: yb01 72-76; jv 481-482
congregations: yb01 79, 87, 101, 119, 137-138; g99 8/22 21-22
isolated: yb01 130-131, 143-144
conventions: yb01 133-135, 137; km 5/98 4; yb93 7
“Joyful Praisers” District Convention (1995): yb01 133-135
“Light Bearers” District Convention (1993): yb01 129-130
early witnessing: yb01 70; g99 8/22 20-21; jv 430, 437
family isolated and with little food: w98 5/15 18
growth: hdu article 28; yb06 26; yb01 75, 80, 87, 89, 93, 100-101, 119-120, 127, 135, 147; g99 8/22 21-23; yb98 50; jv 488, 510; yb93 7
potential after civil war (1996): yb97 50
Kingdom Halls: hdu article 30; w02 5/15 9; yb01 137-139; w00 11/1 30
Kingdom Ministry School: yb01 94
legal recognition (1975): yb01 93-94
legal recognition (1992): yb01 124-125, 127; jv 510; yb93 7; w92 11/1 24, 26
meetings: yb01 77, 80, 82, 87-88, 101-103, 119-120, 125-126
Memorial: w16.11 2; yb01 80, 93; g99 8/22 21; yb97 50
missionaries: yb01 133, 135, 141; jv 528
missionary homes: yb97 50
modern history: yb01 66-147
persecution: yb01 67-68, 77-78; g99 8/22 21-23
backfires: w13 5/15 11
civil-war period (1975-1991): yb01 95-100
colonial-war period (1961-1974): yb01 80, 82-87
surveillance thwarted: yb01 113-114
persons:
Alberto, António: yb01 85, 114-115
Andrade, Mr.: yb01 70-72
Cadi, Carlos Agostinho: yb01 74-75, 79, 145, 147
Cardoso, Luis: yb01 120-121
Cooke, John: jv 430
Cuituna, Tchande: yb01 110-112
Filemon, Sala: yb01 74-75, 79-80
Gonçalves, Rui: yb01 107-109
Gouveia, António: yb01 85
Mancoca, João: yb01 67-68, 72-80, 83-84, 93-94, 126, 135, 140; g99 8/22 18-23; jv 481-482, 528
Mateus, Domingos: yb01 113-114, 135, 140
Muvindi, José Maria: yb01 112-113
Passlow, Mervyn: yb01 76-77; g99 8/22 20
Silva, Hélder: yb01 107, 111-112
Simão, Silvestre: yb01 80, 82-84, 103-104, 135, 140
Smith, Gray: yb01 70-71
Teixeira, Berta: yb01 76-78
places:
Baía dos Tigres: yb01 75-76
Gambos region: yb01 110-113
Luanda: yb15 46-47; yb01 70, 74-77, 79, 85, 88-92, 94, 98-103, 113-114
Sá da Bandeira (Lubango): yb01 70-72
publications:
book Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life: yb98 49-50
booklet “This Good News of the Kingdom”: yb01 111, 136
book The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life: yb01 104-105
brochure What Does God Require of Us?: yb98 49-50
local languages: yb01 136-137
magazine The Watchtower: yb01 104, 119, 137; yb00 21-22
provided under ban: yb01 102, 104-107, 117-119
relief work:
civil war (1994): yb95 15
from abroad (1990): yb01 122-124; jv 312
from abroad (1991-1992): yb93 15-16
from abroad (1999): yb00 15-16
from abroad (2020): hdu article 9
refugees in Namibia (1993): yb94 12
service experiences: yb93 8
17-month-old distributes convention invitations: yb14 50-51
DVD Noah Walked With God—David Trusted in God: yb07 50-51
Kingdom News No. 36: yb02 9
students follow teacher to meeting: yb15 46-47
under ban: yb01 109-110
villagers do street work and meet: yb01 142-143
traveling overseers: yb01 94, 107-109, 111-112, 120-121
video Stealing Is Bad: g16.3 5
visits by—
Arnott, H.: yb01 77-78
Cooke, J.: yb01 74-76; g99 8/22 20, 22; jv 481-482
Guest, D.: yb01 125-126, 135-136
Lett, M. S.: yb06 25-26
Olih, A.: yb01 100-103
Olugbebi, A.: yb01 103-104
youths: w92 11/1 26