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Terra Sonâmbula
Sleepwalking Land (in Portuguese: ''Terra Sonâmbula'') is a novel written by Mia Couto, a Mozambican writer, first published in Portuguese in 1992 and translated into English by David Brookshaw in 2006. In 1995, the novel received the National Fiction Award from the Association of Mozambican Writers (AEMO) and was chosen as one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century by the panel of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. The book was also the representative text read by the Neustadt Prize jury when Couto was nominated for the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, which he won."Noted Mozambican Author Mia Couto Wins 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature" 2013. Plot Set in a war-torn Mozambique during the end of the civil war when the tension between rival political parties was at its highest point, Tuahir, an older man, and Muidinga, a boy recovering from illness, met at the refugee camp and fled. Together, they travel down a road that had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Couto
António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955), is a Mozambican writer. He won the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2014. Life Early years Mia Couto was born on 5 July 1955 in Beira, Mozambique, the country's third largest city, where he was also raised and schooled. He is the son of Portuguese Mozambicans, Portuguese emigrants who moved to the Portuguese colony in the 1950s. When he was 14 years old, some of his poetry was published in a local newspaper, ''Notícias da Beira''. Three years later, in 1971, he moved to the capital Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) and began to study medicine at the University of Lourenço Marques. During this time, the anti-colonial guerrilla and political movement FRELIMO was struggling to overthrow the Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique. After independence of Mozambique In April 1974, after the Carnation Revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of Mozambique
The demographics of Mozambique describes the condition and overview of Mozambique's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations. Population According to the 2022 revision of the world factbook the total population was 31,693,239 in 2022. The proportion of children below the age of 14 in 2020 was 45.57%, 51.5% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.93% was 65 years or older. A population census took place in 2017, and the preliminary results indicate a population of 28 861 863 inhabitants. Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data refer to national projections based on 2007 census.): Vital statistics Registration of vital events is in Mozambique not complete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations. Also, according to a 2011 survey, the total fertility r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozambican Literature
Mozambican literature refers to the body of written works produced in Mozambique or by List of Mozambican writers, Mozambican authors This literature has been shaped by the country's diverse cultures and tumultuous history, including Portuguese Mozambique, colonialism, Mozambican War of Independence, independence movements, and Mozambican Civil War, civil war. Since Mozambique was part of the Portuguese colonial empire until 1975, there are inevitable overlaps with Portuguese literature. Mozambican literature is very young, as one can only speak of Mozambican national literature in the narrower sense since Mozambican War of Independence, independence from Portugal in 1975. Mozambican literature can be traced back to the early 20th century, with the publication of the country's first literary journal, ''O Brado Africano'', in 1918. However, it was not until the 1950s that a distinct Mozambican literary voice emerged, as writers began to challenge colonial oppression and assert their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
