Mawete Makisosila

Biography

Mawete Makisosila was born in 1955 in Angola. He is the coauthor of Chants Polyphoniques Des Pogroms de Luanda, along with Makuzayi Massaki. He attended the Sorbonne in Paris and the School for Advanced Social Sciences, where he studied information and knowledge systems and anthropology, respectively. His father was active in the revolt against Portuguese rule. Makisosila went on to spend several years in exile in Kinshasa, Congo, before returning to Angola to join the MPLA, a political party. He currently lives in France.

Birth Date

1955-01-01

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

Angola

Sorbonne Université, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Sources

Mawete, Makisosila. "Makisosila Mawete." LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/in/makisosila-mawete-52748567/. Accessed 28 June 2022.

Moore, Gerald, editor. The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry. Penguin Books, 1998.

"Mawete Makisosila." Pyramide Papyrus Presse, www.pyramidepapyruspresse.com/qui-sommes-nous/. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.