High on the cliffs above the Cuanza River in Angola, the fortress of Cambambe stands as a stark monument of Portuguese ...

Under the thick, uncompromising green of the Amazon rainforest, a forgotten 18th-century Portuguese colonial city has risen from centuries of obscurity, its presence attested not by serendipitous ...

In the case of Spain, the few and unimportant areas still held by her would in no way satisfy Germany's colonial demands. On the other hand, the abundant natural resources of the Portuguese colonial ...

Monopolies have done much to develop the Portuguese colonies, but few would contend that they have beggared themselves by improving their workers’ standards. Ninety-nine percent of Angola’s ...

Portugal’s colonial Governor agreed, and acted as her godfather for the conversion. Queen Nzinga maintained a strong political relationship with the Portuguese for two years, but in 1626 they ...

Krishna Navelcar photographed for Portuguese state agencies but his lens also captured 20th-century Goan history and life.

The treaty of 1386 was directed especially against the danger of Spanish aggression. In later years, defense of the Portuguese colonies became the central and permanent object; and today Portugal ...

Being of European origin, Couto related most easily to the black elite that existed in Mozambique under Portuguese colonial rule - the "assimilados" - those, in the racist language of the day ...