Henrique Abranches or Enrique Abranches (born September 29, 1932; died August 8, 2004) was an Angola

Angola

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n writer and anthropologist born in Lisbon

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, Portugal

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. 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. After independence, committed to cultural intervention. Exercise of executive positions (Director of Museums in Angola). He was a teacher in higher education, besides being a poet and fiction writer, essayist and playwright. He was also the Director of The National Museum of Slavery, Angola

National Museum of Slavery (Angola)

The National Museum of Slavery is located in Morro da Cruz, Luanda, Angola.The museum was founded in 1997 by the National Institute of Cultural Patrimony, with the objective of depicting the history of slavery in Angola...

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• National Literature Award (1981) for Konkhava de Féti.
• National Literature Award (1988) for O Clã de Novembrino