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Lopito Feijóo
Lopito Feijóo (born 29 September 1963 as João André da Silva Feijó, Lombe, Malanje, Angola) is an Angolan Portuguese-speaking writer. He studied at Universidade Agostinho Neto in Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport .... Lopito Feijóo writes poetry using novel forms. He belongs to a generation of Angolan poets whose themes "revolve around relationships, love, and the complexities of life". He was active in organization of Angolan literary process and has been a founding member of a number of organizations including the Brigada Jovem de Literatura Angolana. He is a member of the Angolan Writers Union and the chairman of the Angolan Society of Copyright (SADIA). References Angolan writers 1963 births Living people Agostinho Neto University alumni 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malanje
Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 census). Projected to be the thirteenth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.17% growth. It is located east of Angola's capital Luanda. Near it are the spectacular Calandula waterfalls, the rock formations of Pungo Andongo, and the Capanda Dam. The climate is mainly humid, with average temperatures between and rainfall in the rainy season (October to April). History Portuguese rule Portuguese settlers founded Malanje in the 19th century. The construction of the railway from Luanda to Malanje, in the fertile highlands, started in 1885. The area around Malanje included Portuguese West Africa's primary areas dedicated to the production of cotton, the crop that drove its development since the beginning. The town developed in the mid-19th century as an important slave market created i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola
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Universidade Agostinho Neto
The Agostinho Neto University ( pt, Universidade Agostinho Neto) is the largest public university of Angola, based in Luanda and in the nearby city of Talatona, in Angola. In the academic year 2005–06, 68 licensing courses were ministered by the university: 18 in Bachelor's and 15 in master's degrees, involving areas of scientific knowledge in the faculties, institutes, and higher learning schools. It is one of seven public (state owned) universities in Angola. Until 2009 the Agostinho Neto University was the country's only public university, and had campuses in all its major cities. In 2009 it was split up, with its campuses outside Luanda becoming six autonomous universities, located in Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo, Lubango, Malange, and Uíge. Agostinho Neto University is now one of the seven regional university among others, serving Luanda Province and Bengo Province. It remains the largest university in Angola. History Two state-run university institutions were found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020 (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angolan Writers
This is a list of Angolan writers, ordered alphabetically by surname. * Henrique Abranches (1932–2004), poet * Antero Abreu (1927–2017), poet * José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960), Portuguese journalist and fiction writer * Fernando Costa Andrade (1936–2009), poet * Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990), poet and politician * Mario António (1934–1989), poet * Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004), folklore * Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940), poet * Geraldo Bessa Victor (1917–1985), poet * Dulce Braga (born 1958), autobiographer * António Cardoso (1933–2006), short story writer * Mendes de Carvalho, writing as ''Uanhenga Xitu'', politician and Africanist writer in Portuguese and Kimbundu * Lisa Castel (born 1955), writer and journalist * Alberto Graves Chakussanga (1978–2010), murdered Angolan radio journalist * Maria João Chipalavela * Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (1900–1960), poet * Viriato da Cruz (1928–1973), poet * Alexandre Dáskalos (born 1924), poet * Maria A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Agostinho Neto University Alumni
Agostinho is a Portuguese language noun meaning Augustine. It may be used as a given name or a surname. People with the name include: * Agostinho (footballer) (born 1975), Portuguese footballer, full name Joaquim Agostinho da Silva Ribeiro * Agostinho da Silva (1906–1994), Portuguese philosopher, essayist and writer * Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), first President of Angola * José Agostinho de Macedo (1761–1831), Portuguese poet and prose writer * Fernando Agostinho da Costa (born 1981), known as "Xara", Angolan footballer * Renato Agostinho de Oliveira Júnior (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Artur Agostinho (1920–2011), Portuguese journalist * Gílson Domingos Rezende Agostinho (born 1977), known as "Gilsinho", Brazilian footballer * Joaquim Agostinho (1942–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * José Maria de Santo Agostinho (1889–1912), Brazilian mystic * Pedro Agostinho (born 1965), Portuguese athlete who participated at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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