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Angola: Comedic Complaints About Stereotypes, Cost of Living

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Written byJanet Gunter
Posted 9 December 2012 9:35 GMT

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Screenshot from Delvino's video post

Delvino Funetii, Angola's young video blogger who has been entertaining people for a year on Youtube, posted his first video in English. He first complains about stereotypes of African men as repair superheroes, and goes into a diatribe about the sudden price increase of his neighbor's cakes by four times. (Luanda is notorious for its cost of living.)

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Written byJanet Gunter

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  • Pingback: Year of Change in Angola, But Everything Stays the Same · Global Voices

    […] Meanwhile, the capital city, Luanda, with a population of 5 million and considered the second most expensive city of the world, has become an El-Dorado for foreign companies and mercenaries. The past of war and history of colonial rule are now giving way to modernization. One of the most iconic developments has been settled in Kilamba Kiaxi, about 30km outside Luanda, where a Chinese company hired by the government started building what will possibly become Africa's biggest ghost town due to the high price of the estate that the majority of the population cannot afford. […]

    2 January 2013, 17:31 pm

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