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Nástio Mosquito (born 1981) is an Angolan-born multidisciplinary artist. He works in music, sound,
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, and spoken word poetry. Mosquito's art deals with topics such as identity and faith, as well as racism and the complicated colonial history of his native Angola. He has used various monikers including Nastiá, Saco, Cucumber Slice, and Zura Zuara.


Life and career

Mosquito was born in
Luanda Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ...
, the capital of Angola in 1981 and most of his education took place in Lisbon, Portugal. He participated in the 29th
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in 2010. In 2014, he was awarded the Future Generation Art Prize. He works in
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, Belgium.


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* 1981 births Living people Angolan artists Angolan emigrants to Belgium Angolan male poets Artists from Ghent People from Luanda {{Africa-artist-stub