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without its usual bordure in the dexter (viewer's left) half and in the sinister (viewer's right) half the arms for Angola itself: a golden elephant and a golden zebra on a purpure field. The wavy bars in the base
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is the national emblem of Angola that reflects the recent past of the new nation. There is heavy
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