Gentil Ferreira Viana
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Gentil Ferreira Viana founded, with other separatist leaders, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
(MPLA). In 1974, he and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade
broke away from the MPLA and formed the Activa Revolt; the two men died on the same day in 2008.
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Labour Party is a political party that has ruled Angola since the country's independence from Portugal in 1975...
(MPLA). In 1974, he and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade
Joaquim Pinto de Andrade
Joaquim Pinto de Andrade served as the first honorary President of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola , Chancellor of the Luanda Archdiocese, and as a member of the African Society of Culture. He died on February 23, 2008 following a long illness, the same day as fellow MPLA...
broke away from the MPLA and formed the Activa Revolt; the two men died on the same day in 2008.