{"id":221,"date":"2010-06-24T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2010\/06\/30\/we-will-now-take-your-question-angola-day-5\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T02:39:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T02:39:14","slug":"we-will-now-take-your-question-angola-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2010\/06\/24\/we-will-now-take-your-question-angola-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Taking Your Questions &#8211; Angola Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/angola-radio-program.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-915\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/angola-radio-program.jpg\" alt=\"angola-radio-program\" width=\"530\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/angola-radio-program.jpg 530w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/angola-radio-program-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Angola was colonized by the Portuguese during the 1400s. Though the Portuguese invested little into Angola&#8217;s infrastructure, even after the colonial rule ended in 1975 the Portuguese language remains both the official and the common language. I was quite privileged to live in Lisbon for a year studying the language. One of the language highlights of my life was the first time I even gave a message at church in Lisbon. Another was last night, when Steve Foster (left), Iria Almeir\u00e3o (center), Sozinho (right) and I appeared on Angolan National Radio. The theme of the night was malaria &#8211; one of the leading causes of death and disability. Later in the program we started taking phone calls. One guy called in and asked, &#8220;I have heart burn every time I drink a Coke. Could this be due to malaria?&#8221; At first I thought I misunderstood his language. Then I concluded that he was indeed serious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Angola was colonized by the Portuguese during the 1400s. Though the Portuguese invested little into Angola&#8217;s infrastructure, even after the colonial rule ended in 1975 the Portuguese language remains both the official and the common language. I was quite privileged to live in Lisbon for a year studying the language. 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