Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares, Angolan poet and historian, was born on 30 October 1952 in Lubango, in the province of Huíla, Angola. As a historian, Ana Paula Tavares collaborates with the Angolan Arquivo Histórico Nacional (National Historical Archive) and has conducted an extensive research in the areas of cultural patrimony, ethnology and museums, among others. Currently, her research is focused on Angolan literature. She coordinates a research group on African Literatures and Cultures at the CLEPUL (Centre of Lusophone and European Literatures and Cultures) at the University of Lisbon. Ana Paula Tavares is renowned as the contemporary female Angolan poet, publishing in the post-independence period. Her first book of poetry —Ritos de Passagem [Rites of Passage]— was published in Angola in 1985 and has been republished in Portugal in ...

Boaventura Cardoso Silva, Angolan writer and politician, was born in Luanda on 26th of July 1944. As a child, he lived for a few years in Malanje, but soon moved to Luanda where he attended primary and secondary school. He studied Social Science in a school founded by the MPLA and later got a degree in this discipline from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. After independence, Cardoso actively participated in the formation of the MPLA government. He was Director of the National Institute of Book and Disk (INALD), Secretary of State for Culture, Minister of Information, Ambassador of Angola in France, Italy and Malta and representative of Angola to the United Nations (FAO, WFP and IFAD). In 2002, he was appointed Minister of Culture and held ...

José Eduardo Agualusa Alves da Cunha, born on 13th of December 1960, in Huambo, Angola, is a journalist and writer. He studied agronomy and forestry in Lisbon, before becoming a well-known name in world literature. His acute perception and capacity of questioning the roots and cultural richness of Angolan history has offered the readers such novels as A Conjura (1989) [The Conspiracy], A Feira dos Assombrados (1992) [The Market of the Damned], Estação das Chuvas (1996) [The Rainy Season], Nação Crioula (1997) [Creole], and O Vendedor de Passados (2006) [The Book of Chameleons]. His travel writing includes Um Estranho em Goa (2000) [A Stranger in Goa], Fronteiras Perdidas, contos para viajar (1999) [Lost Borders, traveling tales], among other works as Lisboa Africana (1993), a collaborative project on Lisbon’s African community. He currently spends ...