Rafael Branco, born in 1953, is a well-known politician and writer from São Tomé. As a politician, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2001), Minister of Public Works (2003) and Prime Minister (2008-2010). He was as well the president of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Principe – Social Democratic Party. His work contains of two books: Makuta: Antigamente Lá Na Roça (Makuta: Long Time Ago on the Plantation, 2004) and Lévélengué: As Gravanas de Gabriela (Lévélengué: Gabriela's Dry Seasons, 2006). Lévélengué won the honorable mention of Sonangol Prize in Literature 2005.

Ruy Duarte de Carvalho (Satarém, 1941 – Swakompund, 2010) was an Angolan writer, film director and anthropologist. In the beginning of 70’s he studied cinema in London. After coming back worked for Angolan TV as a director. He got his PhD in Anthropology by École des Hautes Études de Sciences Sociales in Paris and was professor at the University of Luanda, invited professor at the University of Coimbra and university of São Paulo. He is one of the most important figures of literature and cinema in Portuguese language. Among the years, in his work, he dedicated himself to the populations of the Angolan South and joined cinema, literature and anthropology. His work contains of following titles: