Art | Culture

African Literature in Portuguese. Featured image: Painting "Freedom I" by the visual artist Xesko. African Literature in Portuguese is a precious gem on the African continent. A mixture of politics, tribes, dialects, and much mysticism in a fantastic cultural universe. Literature at its root and in its land of origin, recounted through the unique identity of a people. This peculiar literature was born from a historical situation originating in the 15th century, when the Portuguese (chroniclers, poets, historians, travel writers, men of science, and figures of great European literature) began the route to Africa, continuing later through Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

Mafalala is a “living museum” of Mozambican culture. Mafalala, is the most famous neighborhood in Maputo, a place enshrined in tourist guides as the birthplace of...

Exclusive Interview with Mais Afrika, by Rômulo Neves, Minister Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique.