Luís Lopes de Sequeira

Luís Lopes de Sequeira (died 4 September 1681) was a military commander in Portuguese Angola.

Biography

Of mixed Portuguese and Angolan descent, Sequeira rose to the rank of captain-general of the forces in the colony, and led the army that defeated and killed King António I of Kongo at the Battle of Mbwila on 29 October 1665.[1]

Sequeira was assassinated during the Battle of Katole by a Portuguese soldier on 4 September 1681.[2]

Sequeira is the subject of a play by José Mena Abrantes, Sequeira, Luís Lopes ou o mulato dos prodígios (first performed 1995).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Filipa Ribeiro da Silva, Dutch and Portuguese in Western Africa (Leiden, 2011), p. 128.
  2. ^ Battell, Andrew & E.G. Ravenstein (2007). The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions. Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, LLC. p. 177. ISBN 0-548-23252-0.
  3. ^ Luís Mitras, "Theatre in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries", in A History of Theatre in Africa, edited by Martin Banham (Cambridge University Press, 2004), p. 396.
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