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Artur Carlos Mauricio Pestana dos Santos
Angolan writer
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contribution to African literature
- In African literature: Portuguese
Pepetela (Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos) wrote novels, such as Mayombe (1980; Eng. trans. Mayombe), about the civil war that followed Angola’s independence in 1975. He also looked to the more distant past: Yaka (1984; Eng. trans. Yaka) deals with 19th-century Angola, and Lueji (1989)…
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