Casa de Reclusão Militar
Another Day of LifeCasa de Reclusão Militar was a prison in Luanda whose place in the book’s account is defined by the armed attack on it on 4 February 1961, an action identified as the commencement of Angola’s armed struggle for liberation.
Setting and Function
The prison, also known as Casa de Reclusão Militar, held Angolan patriots. The account identifies it by its location in Luanda and by its function as a place of incarceration; it provides no further description of the building or its operation.
The Attack and Its Significance
On 4 February 1961, MPLA fighters attacked the prison. The episode is presented not simply as an assault on a place of detention but as the starting point of the armed liberation struggle in Angola, giving the prison a pivotal historical significance in the narrative.
