Video Of Map Of Africa And Video Of & Article About United States President Biden's Visit To Angola In December 2024

13News Now, December 4, 2024

They're known as America's first black family – The Tuckers of Hampton. They are descendants of two of the first Africans forced to English North America in 1619.  The Tucker family was recognized by President Joe Biden for their commitment to furthering relations between the U.S. and Africa, during the President’s historic first trip to the country this week.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of and an article excerpt about United States President Joe Biden's visit to Angola in December 2024. 

This post also showcases a YouTube video of a map of Africa  

The content of this post is presented for historical and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to President Biden for that historic visit to Africa and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these showcased videos on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - African Countries and Their Location/Africa Political Map/Africa Continent/List of African Countries



World Map, March 21, 2019
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Note: This map misspells the name of the West African nation of  "Sierra Leone".

Click https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-in-africa/ for a list of the names of the 54 nations in Africa.

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SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ANGOLA  
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola
"Angola,[a] officially the Republic of Angola,[b] is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda.

Angola has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Age. After the Bantu expansion reached the region, states were formed by the 13th century and organised into confederations. The Kingdom of Kongo ascended to achieve hegemony among the other kingdoms from the 14th century. Portuguese explorers established relations with Kongo in 1483. To the south were the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, with the Ovimbundu kingdoms further south, and the Mbunda Kingdom in the east.[8][9]

The Portuguese began colonising the coast in the 16th century. Kongo fought three wars against the Portuguese, ending in the Portuguese conquest of Ndongo. The banning of the slave trade in the 19th century severely disrupted Kongo's undiversified economic system and European settlers gradually began to establish their presence in the interior of the region. The Portuguese colony that became Angola did not achieve its present borders until the early 20th century and experienced the strong resistance from the native groups such as the Cuamato, the Kwanyama, and the Mbunda. After a protracted anti-colonial struggle (1961–1974), Angola achieved independence in 1975 as a one-party Republic, but the country descended into a devastating civil war the same year, between the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba; the insurgent National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, an originally Maoist and later anti-communist group supported by the United States and South Africa; the militant organization National Liberation Front of Angola, backed by Zaire; and the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda seeking the independence of the Cabinda exclave, also backed by Zaire.

Since the end of the civil war in 2002, Angola has emerged as a relatively stable constitutional republic, and its economy is among the fastest-growing in the world, with China, the European Union, and the United States being the country's largest investment and trade partners.[10][11][12] However, the economic growth is highly uneven, with most of the nation's wealth concentrated in a disproportionately small part of the population as most Angolans have a low standard of living; life expectancy is among the lowest in the world, while infant mortality is among the highest.[13]

Angola is a member of the United Nations, African Union, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, and the Southern African Development Community. As of 2023, the Angolan population is estimated at 37.2 million.[14] Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely the predominance of the Portuguese language and of the Catholic Church, intermingled with a variety of indigenous customs and traditions."...

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AN ARTICLE EXCERPT ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DECEMBER 2024 VISIT TO ANGOLA
From https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/12/angola-biden-touts-lobito-corridor-and-future-us-africa-partnership In Angola, Biden Touts Lobito Corridor And Future US-African Partnership"
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, By: Thomas P. Sheehy
"President Joe Biden traveled to Angola this week, the first time a sitting U.S. head of state has been to the African continent since 2015 and the first-ever trip by an American president to Angola. Biden is looking to build on the growing U.S.-Angola relationship and to secure U.S. access to Africa’s critical minerals, which power everyday consumer technologies and beyond. China has long dominated that market, making the U.S. reliant on its principal strategic competitor for these key resources. The U.S. and its G7 partners launched the Lobito Corridor project — spanning Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia — in 2023 to enhance its access to these minerals and spur local and regional economic development and connectivity.

USIP’s Tom Sheehy explains what Biden hoped to accomplish in Angola, how the Lobito Corridor projects factored into the trip and how Angola has balanced its relations with China, Russia and the United States.

Of the 54 African countries, why did Biden choose to visit Angola, and what did he hope to accomplish with this trip?

Sheehy: The U.S.-Angola relationship has made significant progress over the last decade or so, to the point that Angola is one of the strongest U.S. partners in Africa. This is quite an impressive development considering that the U.S. armed rebels fighting against the Soviet-backed Angolan government during the Cold War. Angola is an encouraging story of a once-war torn country that is now peaceful.

Ahead of the trip, the White House noted several priority issues of focus, including economic growth, food security, global health, security cooperation and climate — all of which the U.S. supports through various programs. While Angola has made some progress on some of these fronts, more could be done to promote democracy and transparency, among other things.   

The Lobito Corridor project — a major three-country infrastructure project that the U.S. is promoting in partnership with Angola, the DRC and Zambia — is the highlight of the visit. A key component of the project is connecting rail service among the three countries to the Port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coastline. The project has become a central piece of U.S.-Africa policy in recent years. Among its goals are to promote local economic development and regional economic integration, while helping the U.S. to diversify its critical mineral supply chains, moving away from dependence on China for copper, cobalt and other minerals essential to the U.S. economy and defense industrial base.

The Angolan government has had growing economic ties with China for two decades now. But Angola is interested in broadening its commercial partnerships, especially with the United States. Angola’s openness to the United States as a commercial partner is a big reason why President Biden is visiting the country.       

A U.S. president has never set foot in Angola, so this is a historic visit that hopefully will bring the relationship to new levels."...      

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YouTube Video Of The Map Of Africa & Video Of And Information About The First Enslaved Africans In The United States

13News Now, Feb 15, 2019

13News Now documentary '20 and Odd: Africans' Arrival in 1619' looks at the extraordinary story of the first Africans who arrived in English North America.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post  showcases a YouTube video about enslaved Africans arrival in what is now known as Virginia in 1619 and a YouTube video of the nations of Africa. 

This post also presents some information about the history of enslaved Angolans in the United States. Those enslaved Africans came from what is now known as Angola in the Southwestern region of Africa.

The content of this post is presented for historical and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this showcased video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - African Countries and Their Location/Africa Political Map/Africa Continent/List of African Countries



World Map, March 21, 2019
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Note: This map misspells the name of the West African nation of  "Sierra Leone".

Click https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-in-africa/ for a list of the names of the 54 nations in Africa.

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THE HISTORY OF ENSLAVED ANGOLANS IN THE UNITED STATES
Excerpt #1
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Americans
..."Slavery in the 17th century

From the 17th century to the early 19th century, many Angolans were transported via the Atlantic slave trade to the United States. Enslaved Angolans were the first Africans in Virginia, and likely the first in all of the Thirteen Colonies, according to Sheila Walker, an American film maker and researcher in cultural anthropology. This refers to an event in 1617 in Jamestown, Virginia, when Angolan slaves were captured by pirates from a Spanish slave ship bound for New Spain and sent to Jamestown.[4] These first Angolan slaves of Virginia (15 men and 17 women[4]) were Mbundu[5] and Bakongo, who spoke Kimbundu and Kikongo languages respectively. Many of these early slaves were literate.[6] [note 1]

Later, Angolan slaves were captured by Dutch pirates from the Portuguese when Portuguese slavers left with the slaves from the Portuguese colonial port of Luanda.[5] Many of these slaves were imported by the Dutch to New York City, which, at this time, was called New Amsterdam and was under Dutch control. Thus, the Angolans also were the first slaves in New York City.[6] According to Harvard professor Jill Lepore, the slaves of Angola who arrived in New Amsterdam were also Ambundu and, to a lesser extent, Kongos, as was the case with the first slaves who arrived in Virginia.[7]

In 1621, Angolan former slave Anthony Johnson arrived in Virginia and was the first documented black slave in the Thirteen Colonies to earn his freedom and, in turn, own slaves himself. Anthony Johnson was granted ownership of John Casor after a civil case in 1654.[8][9] The Angolan slavery trade in the United States reached its greatest magnitude between 1619 and 1650.[5] In 1644, 6,900 slaves on the African coast were purchased to clear the forests, lay roads, build houses and public buildings, and grow food. Most of these were from the company's colonies in the West Indies, but came from its established stations in Angola.[3]

18th–19th centuries

During the colonial period, people from the region Congo-Angola made up 25% of the slaves in North America. Based on the data mentioned, many Angolan slaves came from distinct ethnic groups, such as the Bakongo, the Tio[10] and Northern Mbunbu people (from Kingdom of Ndongo).[5] However, not all slaves kept the culture of their ancestors. The Bakongo, from the kingdom of Kongo, were Catholics, who had voluntarily converted to Catholicism in 1491 after the Portuguese established trade relations in this territory.[11] Senegambian slaves were the preferred slaves in South Carolina but Angolans were the most numerous and represented around a third of the slaves population.[12] In Virginia, most slaves came from within the boundaries of the modern nation-states of Nigeria and Angola. Between 1710 and 1769, only 17% of the slaves who arrived in Virginia were from Angola.[13] Others places in the United States, such as Delaware and Indiana, also had Angolan slaves.[6] Georgia imported also many slaves from the Congo-Angola region.

Many of the Bakongo slaves who arrived in the United States in the 18th century were captured and sold as slaves by African kings to other tribes or enemies during several civil wars. Some of the people sold from Kongo to the United States were trained soldiers.[11] In 1739, there was an uprising in South Carolina, where possibly 40% of the slaves were Angolan. This uprising, known as the Stono Rebellion, was led by an Angolan named Jemmy, who led a group of 20 Angolan slaves, probably Bakongos and described as Catholic. The slaves mutinied and killed at least 20 white settlers and several children. They then marched to Charlestown, where the uprising was harshly repressed. Forty of the slaves in the revolt (some Angolans) were decapitated and their heads strung on sticks to serve as a warning to others. This episode precipitated legislation banning the importation of slaves. The ban was aimed at solving two serious problems: the inhumanity toward the black slaves and the fact the country had more blacks than whites.[6] Later, some 300 former Angolan slaves founded their own community in the Braden River delta, near what is now downtown Bradenton, Florida. They gave it the name of Angola, in honor of the homeland of many of them, and tried to live as free men. However, this Angola was destroyed in 1821. Rich hunters and slaveholders hired 200 mercenaries and captured 300 black people and burned their houses. It is believed, however, that some Angolans fled in rafts and successfully reached Andros Island in The Bahamas, where their lives were established."...
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Excerpt #2
From https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/history/descendants-enslaved-africans-visit-ancestors-birthplace/ "Hampton residents, descended from first enslaved Africans in English North America, visit ancestor's birthplace"

Members of the Tucker family of Hampton were invited to come to Angola by the country's president.

Author: Janet Roach, January 13, 2022

HAMPTON, Va. 
"It was a trip of a lifetime.

Vincent Tucker, president of the William Tucker 1624 Society, and his sister, Wanda, recently returned to Virginia from a five-day visit to Angola, Africa; a trip they took at the invitation of the country's president, João Lourenco.

The Tuckers are believed to be descendants of two of the first enslaved Africans to land in English North America at Point Comfort in 1619, which is in present-day Hampton, Virginia.

Angola is the country those African slaves came from.

"My mind began to bring everything together," Vincent Tucker said. "The stories I've been hearing, they started coming alive."

From the moment they landed, the Tuckers said they were treated like celebrities, surrounded by media at every stop.

The trip came months after President Lourenco visited Washington D.C. and toured the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. He met the Tuckers there and promised to host them in Angola.

"We showed up, we talked and he said, 'I'm going to invite you to Africa,'" Vincent recalled.

For years, the Tuckers have researched the landing of the "20 and Odd" Africans in Hampton, Virginia in 1619. They were captured off the San Juan Bautista, a Portuguese slave ship, by British pirates on board the White Lion.

Two of the slaves on that ship, Anthony and Isabella, eventually lived in the household of Captain William Tucker in Hampton. 

This was Wanda Tucker's second visit to the country and she was anxious to show her brother and cousin the Sao Miguel museum's exhibit on the history of Queen Nzinga, a fierce leader who challenged the Portuguese rule in the 1600s and the slave trade.

Perhaps the most emotional moment came when the Tuckers dipped their feet in the Kwanza river, which served as an access point for slave ships on their way to the port of Luanda.

"We can just imagine how that journey was for the enslaved -- taken down to the river and being hauled away. It was very touching," said Vincent.”…
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Wanda Tucker and her brother Vincent Tucker are believed to be descendants of two of Atony and Isabella, the first enslaved Africans to land in English North America at Point Comfort in 1619, which is in present-day Hampton, Virginia. Atony and Isabella came from the area now known as Angola.
 Wanda and Vincent Tucker accompanied United States President Joe Biden on his December 2024 visit to Angola. 

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