agostinho neto poems

Agostinho Neto, Angola and Africa
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CHAPTER 15

Agostinho Neto, Angola and Africa

        Born in 1922 in the Angola town of Kaxikane, Agostinho Neto had his early education at Luanda Secondary school before proceeding to the University of Combra where he obtained his medical degree. His bitter experience with the Portugues colonial policy in Angola hardened his hatred of European colonialism in general. Consequently, his themes center on human rights, personal struggle and self-survival, and a celebration of mother Africa.

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