- Editorial:
- SKIRA EDITORE
- Any d'edició:
- 2012
- Matèria:
- Llibres Fotogràfics
- ISBN:
- 978-88-572-0470-3
- EAN:
- 9788857204703
- Pàgines:
- 376
- Idioma:
- ANGLES
- Enquadernació:
- ILUSTR. TAPA DURA
PORTRAIT OF A NEW ANGOLA
GALLIANI, FRANCESCA / FERNANDES, WALTER

This book is about the future, not a distant and elusive future, but a future that is being constructed day-by-day by the Angolan people. The pages of this book reveal an Angola transforming at an extraordinary pace. This ancient land, the birthplace of great civilizations, today is at the forefront of African culture. From agriculture to industry, from mining to oil production, from culture to infrastructure, from deep-rooted traditions to ultramodern innovation, from unspoiled landscapes to bustling citiesthis immense, evolving nation is destined to become Africas lodestar. Todays Angoladynamic and alluring, brimming with youthful enthusiasm while still respectful of its heritage and cultural diversityepitomizes the resilience of the human spirit. This book is about hopenot a vague or passive hope, but a tangible hope, a concrete hope based on enormous faith in the potential of this country. With its burgeoning economic power, vast wealth of natural resources, fertile soil, and bountiful seas, Angola is determined to take its place in history as a land of opportunity and success. This book is about ambitionnot immoderate, reckless ambition, but ambition based on the capabilities and needs of the Angolan people, those same capabilities that allowed the country to host some of the most important sports events on the African continent, and to rise again after the dark years of civil war, taking its rightful place among the proud nations of Africa. The Angolan people exude irrepressible vitality and a courageous optimism that imbues their future with promise.