 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Pasi pemutemo wekoloni, vatema vekuAngola vairambidzwa kuumba mapato ezvematongerwo enyika kana masangano evashandi. Masangano okutanga orudzi haana kutanga kudzika midzi kutozosvikira pashure peHondo yeNyika II, achitungamirirwa neboka revanhu vomumaguta rakanga rava kuWestern zvikuru uye raitaura chiPutukezi, iro raisanganisira ma mestiço mazhinji. Mukutanga kwema1960, vakabatanidzwa nemamwe masangano akabuda muad hoc activism yevashandi mumaruwa. Kuramba kwePortugal kupindura zvinodikanwa zveAngola zvinowedzera zvekuzvisarudzira kwakakonzera kurwisana kwehondo, uko kwakaputika muna 1961 nekumukira kweBaixa de Cassanje uye zvishoma nezvishoma kwakashanduka kuva hondo yakareba yekuzvimiririraiyo yakapfuurira kwamakore gumi namaviri akatevera. Mukupesana kwose, masangano matatu emarudzi anorwisana nemapoka avo ehondo akabuda mukurwa pakati pehurumende yePortugal nemasimba emunharaunda, akatsigirwa pamwero wakasiyana neCommunist Party yePortugal. 