Was the factional civil war that broke out in Angola after its independence in 1975 based on tribal rivalry?

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Broadly, yes.

The MPLA's main support was among the Ambundu people.
UNITA's main support came from the Ovimbundu tribe of central Angola.
The FNLA's main support came from the Bakongo people in the North.

But it quickly became a proxy conflict within the wider Cold War though.

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