Sambizanga

This article is about the municipality of Angola. For the film, see Sambizanga (film).

Sambizanga is one of six counties that constitute the urban city of Luanda and is considered as one of the dutiest places in Angola.

Overview

Sambizanga has 14.5 km ² and about 244,000 inhabitants. Limited to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the municipality of Cacuaco, in the East by the municipality of Cazenga and south by the municipalities of Ingombota and Rangel. It comprises the municipalities of Sambizanga, Bairro Operário and Ngola Kiluanje. Sambizanga is home to the Progresso Associação do Sambizanga football club of the Girabola.

2007 shooting

In December 2007, film director Radical Ribeiro began shooting a film in Sambizanga. On 18 December, police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals and opened fire on them, killing two. Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro said "We won't rest until police at all levels realise they are public servants,"

Sources

• Angolan actors 'killed by police' BBC News, 18 December 2007
• Outrage at Angola actor shooting BBC News, 19 December 2007