| LC control no. | n 78058031 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ9929.X58 |
| Personal name heading | Xitu, Uanhenga, 1924- |
| Variant(s) | Uanhenga Xitu, 1924- Carvalho, Agostinho Mendes de, 1924- Mendes de Carvalho, Agostinho, 1924- |
| Associated country | Poland Germany |
| Located | Angola |
| Birth date | 1924-08-29 |
| Place of birth | Bengo (Angola : Province) |
| Affiliation | Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola União dos Escritores Angolanos |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Ambassadors Novelists |
| Found in | His "Mestre" Tamoda ... 1977: t.p. (Uanhenga Xitu; Agostinho Mendes de Carvalho) p. 4 of cover (b. 1924) O homem da Quijinga, c2007: p. 15 (Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho, born 1924, Calomboloca, Bengo Province; politician and author, writes under the pseudonym Uanhenga Xitu) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Xitu, Uanhenga; Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho; nationalist, political prisoner, fiction writer; born 29 August 1924 in Bengo, Calomboloca, Angola; did schooling with Methodist missionaries; reunited with the Movimento Popular para a Libertac̦ão de Angola (MPLA, Peoples' Liberation Movement of Angola), (1956); Provincial Commisar of Luanda; responsible for the ministry of health in the revolutionary government; member of the MPLA's Central Committee and a founding member of the Union of Angolan Writers; Angolan ambassador to Warsaw and to the Democratic Republic of Germany (1985-1992); published MeuDiscurso, Manan, Bolta com Feitiço (1974); released best-known work, the story Osdiscursos do 'Mestre' Tamoda; also published VozesnaSanzala-Kahitu, MakanaSanzala, and Ossobreviventes da Máquina Colonial Depõem (1979, 1980); later works include, O Ministro and CultosEspeciais (1990, 1997); honors include, the National Prize of Culture (1996)) |
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