ABSTRACT
The enclave of Cabinda, a province of Angola since that country’s independence in 1975, has been a site of often intense conflict since the 1960s, first involving Cabindan struggles for independence against the Portuguese colonizers and, later, similar struggles against the Angolan government. Prior to Angolan independence in 1975, Cabinda, a small, oil-rich territory separated from the rest of Angola by the Democratic Republic of Congo, was listed by the Organization of African Unity as a country to be liberated.
