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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Jacinto, António 'Orlando Tavora'

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Angola
Birth date: 1924-09-28
Birth location: Luanda, Angola
Death date: 1991-06-23
António Jacinto, pseudonym Orlando Tavora, was born in 1924 in Portuguese, West Africa in what is now Angola. He was a poet, short-story writer and cabinet minister. Jacinto became involved in movements against Portuguese colonial rule, for which he was arrested 1961. Jacinto's poetry specifically represents and critiques the oppression of the Angolan people by the Portuguese. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Jacinto

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