This article makes a review of different studies about the Angola's history, since the 15th. century, till the present moment, to contextualize the development of the country and of the press in this territory. The Angolean press begun in 19th. century, after a decision of the Portuguese government - it begins like an official bulletin, but this bulletin open the doors to the free press. If the first generation of journalists are composed by European and white peoples, political exiled or envoyed to the colony, like public officers, the second generation is constituted by native men, which produce the first examples of independentists thoughs. The synthesis of this experience ended with the salazarian dictatorship. The study is developed on the Porto´s Public Library and a specialized bibliography. The conclusion after the study is that even the Angolean midia has a very modern degree of technology suffer the old problem of his entire life: the censureship.
Press history; Press in Angola; Colonial press; Journalism's theory; Journalism's history