List of Angolans
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Notable people from the Central
/Southern Africa
n nation of Angola
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Hugo Azancot de Menezes, Founding member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Central Africa
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/Southern Africa
Southern Africa
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n nation of Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
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Clergy
- Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes BragaOscar Lino Lopes Fernandes BragaBishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga is the Roman Catholic bishop of Benguela, Angola. A priest since July 1964, Braga has been the Bishop of the Diocese of Benguela since 2 February 1975.-References:...
(born 1931), Roman Catholic bishop of Benguela, Angola since 1975 - Manuel Franklin da CostaManuel Franklin da CostaArchbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huambo then Lubango, Angola.Appointed priest in 1948, da Costa was appointed Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho in 1975, just months before Angola achieved recognized independence...
(1921–2003), Roman Catholic Archbishop - Damião António FranklinDamião António FranklinDamião António Franklin is an Angolan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Luanda.-Biography:...
(born 1950), Roman Catholic Archbishop - Alexandre do NascimentoAlexandre do NascimentoAlexandre do Nascimento is an Angolan Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Luanda from 1986 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983.-Biography:...
(born 1925), Roman Catholic Archbishop from 1977 to 2001
Military
- João de MatosJoão de MatosJoão de Matos is an Angolan military general. de Matos led the Angolan force during the Second Congo War to support Joseph Kabila's regime.-References:*...
, military general - Nzingha, 17th century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in southwestern Africa - also known as Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande
Musicians
- Waldemar BastosWaldemar BastosWaldemar dos Santos Alonso de Almeida Bastos is an Angolan musician who combines Afropop, Portuguese , and Brazilian influences.- History :...
(born 1954), pop musician - BongaBonga (musician)Bonga Kwenda , better known as Bonga, is a folk and semba singer and songwriter from Angola. Bonga was born in 1943 in the province of Bengo, and left Angola at age 23 to become an athlete, becoming the Portuguese record holder for the 400 metres...
(born 1943), singer-songwriter of Angolan folk music including SembaSembaSemba is a traditional type of music from the Southern-African country of Angola. Semba comes from the singular Masemba, meaning "a touch of the bellies", a move that characterizes the Semba dance.-Characteristics:... - Paulo FloresPaulo FloresPaulo Flores is a musician from Angola.Flores was born in Luanda and spent some of his childhood in Lisbon. His music is mostly written in Portuguese though some is in the Kimbundu language. His music is often political dealing with the hardships of Angolan life, the war, and corruption. His...
(born 1972), Semba musician - Teta LandoTeta LandoAlberto Teta Lando was an Angolan musician.He was born in Mbanza Congo, the capital city of Zaire Province in the north of the country, and is Bakongo...
- Neide Van-DúnemNeide Van-DúnemNeide Núria de Sousa Van-Dúnem Vieira , also known as Neide, is a popular Angolan contemporary singer, songwriter, and film/television actress. Born and raised in...
(born 1986), singer-songwriter of popular music (KizombaKizombaKizomba is one of the most popular genres of dance and music created in Angola. Derived directly from Zouk, sung generally in Portuguese, it is a genre of music with a romantic flow mixed with African rhythm. The kizomba dancing style is also known to be very sensual.- Origin :Kizomba was developed...
e SembaSembaSemba is a traditional type of music from the Southern-African country of Angola. Semba comes from the singular Masemba, meaning "a touch of the bellies", a move that characterizes the Semba dance.-Characteristics:...
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Politicians
- Nito AlvesNito AlvesNito Alves served as the Interior Minister of Angola from independence, November 11, 1975, until President Agostinho Neto abolished the position in October 1976...
, member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of AngolaPopular Movement for the Liberation of AngolaThe 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... - Mário Pinto de AndradeMário Pinto de AndradeMário Coelho Pinto de Andrade was an Angolan poet and politician.He was born in Golungo-Alto, in Portuguese Angola, and studied philology at the University of Lisbon and sociology at the Sorbonne in Paris...
(1928–1990), founding member and former president of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Américo BoavidaAmérico BoavidaAmérico Alberto de Barros e Assis Boavida , generally known as Dr. Américo Boavida, was an Angolan physician active in his country's nationalist movement....
(1923–1968), physician and member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Maria Mambo CaféMaria Mambo CaféMaria Mambo Café is an Angolan politician and career member of the MPLA.Café's career began in 1977 when she was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Trade, which lasted until 1978. In 1982, Café was appointed Minister of Social Affairs. In 1986, she left that Ministry to become Vice Premier and...
(born 1945), politician - Boaventura CardosoBoaventura CardosoBoaventura Cardoso is an Angolan politician as well as noted author. He has been the Minister of Culture since December 2002.-Sources:*...
(born 1944), Former Minister of Culture - Abel Apalanga ChivukuvukuAbel Apalanga ChivukuvukuAbel Apalanga Chivukuvuku served as the Chief of the UNITA Parliament in Angola from October 1998 to September 2000. He is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola, beginning in 2004....
, politician, member of UNITA, and member of the Pan-African ParliamentPan-African ParliamentThe Pan-African Parliament , also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years... - Viriato da CruzViriato da CruzViriato Clemente da Cruz, an Angolan poet and politician, was born in 1928 in Kikuvo, Porto Amboim, Portuguese Angola and died in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 13 June 1973....
(1928–1973), secretary of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - António DemboAntonio DemboGeneral António Sebastião Dembo served as Vice President and later President of UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War....
(1944–2002), politician, rebel and vice-president of UNITAUNITAThe National Union for the Total Independence of Angola is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the Angolan War for Independence and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war .The war was one...
from 1992 to 2002 - José Eduardo dos SantosJosé Eduardo dos SantosJosé Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who has been the second and current President of Angola since 1979. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos is also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces and president of the MPLA , the party that has been ruling Angola since...
(born 1942), current President of AngolaPresident of AngolaThe President of the Republic of Angola is both head of state and head of government in Angola. While the President appoints a Prime Minister, executive authority usually belongs to the President.... - Efigênia dos Santos Lima ClementeEfigênia dos Santos Lima ClementeEfigênia Mariquinhas dos Santos Lima Clemente is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola, beginning in 2004. -References:...
, member of the Pan-African Parliament - Aguinaldo JaimeAguinaldo JaimeAguinaldo Jaime is an Angolan political figure. He served as Minister of Finance from June 1990 to April 1992, President of the African Investment Bank , and as Provincial Governor from 1999 to 2002. He was subsequently Deputy Prime Minister....
, current deputy Prime Minister of Angola - Almerindo Jaka JambaAlmerindo Jaka JambaColonel Almerindo Jaka Jamba is an Angolan politician and former rebel leader in UNITA. He studied in Portugal where he received a degree in philosophy. He is a member of Angolan National Assembly with UNITA and Angolan ambassador to UNESCO. He was previously the deputy speaker of Angolan...
(born 1949), politician, rebel and former leader of UNITA - Lúcio LaraLúcio LaraLúcio Lara served as the General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan Civil War. Lara, a founding member of the MPLA, led the first MPLA members into Luanda on November 8, 1974...
, founding member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Ana Dias LourençoAna Dias LourençoAna Afonso Dias Lourenço is an Angolan politician. Lourenço has been in the Ministry of Planning since 1997, first as Deputy Minister of Planning from 1997 to 1999 and since 1999 as Minister of Planning...
, Minister of Planning from 1999 - Paulo LukambaPaulo LukambaGeneral Paulo Armindo Lukamba "Gato" led UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War, from the death of António Dembo on March 3, 2002 until he lost the 2003 leadership election to Isaías Samakuva.Lukamba was born in the province of Huambo, in central...
(born 1954), politician, rebel and leader of UNITA from 2002 to 2003 - Marcolino José Carlos Moco (born 1953), Prime Minister of Angola from 1992 to 1996
- José Pedro de MoraisJosé Pedro de MoraisJosé Pedro de Morais is an Angolan politician, who served as Minister of Finance. He held that position from December 2002 to October 2008....
(born 1955), Minister of Finance since 2002 - Venâncio da Silva MouraVenâncio da Silva MouraVenancio da Silva Moura was the Minister of External Relations of Angola from 1992 until a government reshuffle in January 1999 shortly before his death....
(1934–1999), Minister of External Relations from 1992 to 1999 - Lopo do NascimentoLopo do NascimentoLopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento is an Angolan politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ....
(born 1942), first Prime Minister of Angola serving from 1975 to 1978 - Dr, António Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), first President of Angola serving from 1975 to 1979
- Pitra NetoPitra NetoAntónio Domingos Pitra Costa Neto is an Angolan politician, professor and lawyer. Neto joined the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in 1974. He has been a member of the MPLA's central committee since 1998...
(born 1958), Minister of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security from 1992 - Domingos Manuel NjingaDomingos Manuel NjingaDomingo Manuel Njina is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola, beginning in 2004. -References:...
, member of the Pan-African Parliament - Anália de Victória PereiraAnália de Victória PereiraAnália Maria Caldeira de Victória Pereira Simeão was the leader of the PLD of Angola and the most visible female politician in the country. She co-founded the PLD in 1983 while living in Portugal, and was its president until her death.-External links:* *...
(1941–2008), leader of the Liberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic Party (Angola)The Liberal Democratic Party is a liberal party in Angola, and is a member of Liberal International. At the 1992 elections, the PLD won 2.4% of the vote, gaining three seats in parliament. However, in the 2008 legislative election, the party gained only 0.33% of the vote and no seats in Parliament... - Holden RobertoHolden RobertoHolden Álvaro Roberto founded and led the National Liberation Front of Angola from 1962 to 1999. His memoirs are unfinished.-Early life:...
(1923–2007), politician, Founding member of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola - Isaías SamakuvaIsaias SamakuvaIsaías Henrique Ngola Samakuva is an Angolan politician who has been the President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola since 2003....
(born 1946), politician, and current leader of UNITA - Jonas SavimbiJonas SavimbiJonas Malheiro Savimbi was an Angolan political leader. He founded and led UNITA, a movement that first waged a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule, 1966–1974, then confronted the rival MPLA during the decolonization conflict, 1974/75, and after independence in 1975 fought the ruling...
(1934–2002), politician and rebel leader of UNITA - Paulo Teixeira JorgePaulo Teixeira JorgePaulo Teixeira Jorge served as the Foreign Minister of Angola from 1976 to 1984.-References:...
(born 1934), Minister of External Relations from 1976 to 1984 - Fernando José de França Dias Van-DúnemFernando José de França Dias Van-DúnemDr. Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem is an Angolan political figure who was the First Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament...
(born 1952), Prime Minister of Angola from 1991 to 1992 and from 1996 to 1999 - Jerónimo Elavoko WangaJerónimo Elavoko WangaJerónimo Elavoko Wanga is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola, beginning in 2004. -References:...
, member of the Pan-African Parliament
Hugo Azancot de Menezes, Founding member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Athletes
- Akwá (born 1977), soccer player, Parliament member (MPLA)
- Flávio AmadoFlávio AmadoFlávio da Silva Amado , better known as Flávio, is an Angolan football forward who most recently played for Lierse S.K in Belgium....
(born 1979), soccer player - Mantorras (born 1982), soccer player
- Rui MarquesRui MarquesManuel Rui Marques is an Angolan football defender and first choice centre-back for the Angolan national side. Although born in Angola, Marques moved to Portugal as a child. Marques is currently unattached after being released by Leeds....
(born 1977), soccer player - Ze Kalanga, soccer player
- Nando RafaelNando RafaelNando Rafael is an Angolan-German football striker, currently playing for FC Augsburg.-Early life:He fled from the Angolan Civil War at the age of eight after both of his parents had been killed, and resided at first illegally in the Netherlands...
(born 1984), soccer player
Writers
- Henrique AbranchesHenrique AbranchesHenrique Abranches or Enrique Abranches was an Angolan writer and anthropologist born in Lisbon, Portugal. He came to Angola in 1947 that acquired citizenship. Pepetela founded in Algiers with the Angolan Studies Center where they worked in the writing of a handbook of history of Angola...
(born 1932), poet - José Eduardo AgualusaJosé Eduardo AgualusaJosé Eduardo Agualusa is an Angolan journalist and writer. He studied agronomy and silviculture in Lisbon, Portugal. He currently spends most of his time in Portugal, Angola and Brazil, working as a writer and journalist. His books have been translated into twenty languages...
(born 1960), Portuguese-Angolan journalist and fiction writer - José de Fontes PereiraJosé de Fontes PereiraJosé de Fontes Pereira was a radical Angolan lawyer-journalist.-Career:Considered an early Angolan nationalist and assimilado, Pereira took advantage of a relatively free press in Angola from 1870-1890 to question Portuguese obligations and control over Angola...
(1838–1891), early Angolan journalist - António JacintoAntónio JacintoAntónio Jacinto, full name António Jacinto do Amaral Martins, born in Luanda, Angola 28 September 1924, died 23 June 1991 in Lisbon, Portugal, was an Angolan poet.-Biography:...
(1924–1991), poet - Alda LaraAlda LaraAlda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara . Created a large poetic output in the Portuguese language. Attended Coimbra and Lisbon Universities...
(1930–1962), poet - Rafael MarquesRafael MarquesRafael Marques de Morais is a journalist and human rights activist whose reports on the diamond industry and government corruption have earned him international acclaim...
, journalist - PepetelaPepetelaArtur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela....
(born 1941), fiction writer - Óscar RibasÓscar RibasOscar Bento Ribas Angolan writer.Ribas was born in Luanda, the son of Arnaldo Gonçalves Ribas and Maria de Conceição Bento Faria...
(1909–2004), novelist
Others
- DeparaDeparaLemvo Jean Abou Bakar Depara, known as Depara , was an Angolan-born photographer who worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
(1928–1997), photographer who worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo - André Action Diakité JacksonAndré A. JacksonAndré Action Diakité Jackson , , more commonly known by his African clan name "M’Zée Fula-Ngenge" , is a diamond industrialist and head of JFPI Corporation, Africa's largest holding company....
, chief administrator of Africa's diamond industry - Ana Clara Guerra MarquesAna Clara Guerra MarquesAna Clara Guerra Marques is an Angolan professional dancer.-Career:In 1970, at 8 years old, she started to learn classical dancing at the Dancing Academy of Luanda . In 1975, Angola gained independence and all the dancing teachers left the country...
, dancer - Chilala MocoChilala MocoChilala Moco is an Angolan photographer and the oldest son of former Angolan Prime Minister Marcolino Moco....
(born 1977), photographer - Leila Lopes (born 1986), Miss Universe 2011Miss Universe 2011Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...