Categories: Literature Archive, Sao Tome and Principe
Ângelo (Aíto) de Jesus Bonfim is a lawyer, with a degree in Law by the Lisbon Classical University in 1982. In Portugal he also obtained a judicial training at the Centre for Judicial Studies in Lisbon. Currently, he works as a lawyer in São Tomé and in the period of 2001 to 2011 he was the legal counselor of the President of the Republic Fradique de Menezes. In this capacity, he participated in the negotiations related to the perspectives of oil extraction. As a writer, Aíto Bonfim published plays, prose and poetry, openly assuming that the main theme of his work is the criticism of the African political power in the post-independence period. His play Berlinização ou partilha de África was banned by the regime of one-party state at the ...
Ângelo Torres (1966) is an actor, film director and storyteller from São Tomé. He has a degree in thermodynamic engineering from Instituto Lazaro Cardinas in Cuba. After coming to Portugal, he studied performance arts at Professional School of Arts and Crafts of Performance – Chapitô. He started his career in 1992 within Cornucópia Theater and till now has participated in numerous theatrical and cinematic productions. He acted in Flora Gomes' film Nha Fala (2002) and is the co-founder of the Cultural Association Griot. As a film director, he is the author of short feature film Kunta (2007) and documentaries Mionga ki Ôbo – Mar e selva (2005) and Os Sobreviventes (2014).
Água boa, vida saudável (2011, doc.,Kalu Mendes, São Tomé, prod. KM Produções)