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Luanda, according to those who knew her in palmier days, was the most beautiful city in Africa. Even the most censorious observer of the squalor I found in 1992 could not fail to discern traces of faded elegance. Conceived by its original architects to enhance the graceful sweep of a wide, curving bay and natural harbour, the city immediately reminded me of Rio de Janeiro, except there were no steep hills or Corcovado dominating it.
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© 1996 Margaret Joan Anstee
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Anstee, M.J. (1996). Life in Luanda. In: Orphan of the Cold War. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376731_12
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