Southern Africa

Sona Art Candidate for World Heritage Status. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) is preparing the submission of a candidacy for the ethnomathematical art form "Sona," a symbol...

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.

The centenary of Agostinho Neto was celebrated 43 years after his death. The first President of Angola, António Agostinho Neto, died 7 days before...