In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Angola was a colonial contact zone where diverse populations – penal exiles, colonists, free local populations enslaved Africans and fugitives from the Inquisition – converged. Among these were Romani people (Ciganos), who had been banished from Portugal or its colonies. This chapter argues that Lusophone antigypsy laws evolved alongside the penal transportation system (degredo), a dynamic that racialized Romani individuals in a very specific manner. Viewed as undesirable at home but beneficial abroad, they were forced into the colonial army in Angola and treated as useful colonists. Colonial authorities, seeking to bolster the white population, permitted their limited mobility within designated areas. Like other marginalized groups, including New Christians, some Romani individuals engaged in trade, sometimes even transatlantic trade, dealing in enslaved people, ivory and other goods. Their experiences reveal how colonial structures both constrained and enabled Romani mobility, connecting Europe, Africa and South America through circuits of forced and opportunistic movement.