She Logged 847 Deaths Angola Counted as 204
20th Century

She Logged 847 Deaths Angola Counted as 204

For forty years a Hungarian-born nurse in colonial Angola documented something no European administrator wanted documented—and her notes survived because nobody thought a nurse's paperwork mattered.

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Colonial AfricaAngolaForced LaborPortuguese Empire20th CenturyWomen in HistoryRecord KeepingColonial Violence

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