"Surpass New Hamburg Port in ten years, catch up with Mbeya in twenty, become a new Dar es Salaam in thirty."
"Keep our heads down and work hard for fifty years; build a world-class international metropolis."
"The western economic bridgehead, East Africa's future industrial city."
On the streets of Luanda, such red slogans could be seen everywhere. As East Africa's largest city on the West Coast, Luanda City also had the greatest ambitions among the several cities on the West Coast.
Whether in terms of geographical location, environment and climate, or transportation conditions, Luanda's advantages were no worse than Dar es Salaam city's. The difference between them was simply that Dar es Salaam city had been developed more than twenty years earlier than Luanda.
Naturally, this time was counted from when the two cities had come under East African rule. Without that factor, it would have been hard to say which of Luanda and Dar es Salaam had developed better.
Before East Africa emerged, Dar es Salaam had been a major city of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, while Luanda had been the capital of Portuguese Angola Colony. In terms of strength, they had been more or less evenly matched.
But after so many years under East African governance, Dar es Salaam city had long since shed the flavor of an "African" city. Even in international society, Dar es Salaam counted as a major metropolis. Thus, in many people's eyes, Luanda City's aspirations were as difficult as climbing to the heavens.
After all, Luanda's development had indeed been good, but Dar es Salaam city was also advancing. Dar es Salaam city's targets were the most prosperous cities of various nations—New York, London, Paris, Berlin, and the like.
Moreover, Luanda City's rate of development in East Africa still could not match