There are light-skinned or White Angolans mostly Angolans of European descent most significantly from Portugal. The vast majority of white settlers in Angola have been of Portuguese ancestry, both in colonial days and today. Germans and Afrikaners settled in southern parts of Angola, with Germans concentrated in Moçamedes and Benguela and Afrikaners concentrated in Huíla Province. Most Afrikaners and Germans left for Namibia and South Africa by 1975. Until 1975 there was a German-language school in Benguela called the Deutsche Schule Benguela. Currently, Whites are a minority ethnic group in Angola, accounting for over 1% of the country's population. The White population usually speaks Portuguese. History Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão was the first European to discover Angola. See also Portuguese Angolans German Angolans Retornados White South Africans White Africans White Namibians Dorsland Trekkers History of the Jews in Angola White people References and footnotes Angola Ethnic groups in Angola