María Perpétua Candeias da Silva
María Perpétua Candeias da Silva | |
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María Perpétua Candeias da Silva (born 1932)[1] is an Angolan Portuguese-language writer.
María Perpétua Candeias da Silva was born in 1932 in near Caconda in the Huíla Province of Angola.[2] She became a language teacher, specializing in Umbundu.[1]
Her fiction focuses on the Ovimbundo people of Angola.[3] Her first story was "Nihova" (1949). She published two stories, "A mulher de duas cores" and "Falsos trilhos", together in 1959.[2] The protagonist of her story "O homem enfeitiçado" ("The Hexed Man," 1961) is Salupassa, who is ostracized and alone because he has not undergone the ritual circumcision considered a rite of passage into adulthood. Her novella, Navionga, filha de branco ("Navionga, White Man’s Daughter," 1966), focuses on a mixed-race woman.[3] Her short story "Escrava" was included in the anthology Novos contos d’Äfrica (1962).[2]
Bibliography
- A mulher de duas cores. Falsos trilhos. Ganda, Angola, 1959 62 p.[4]
- O homem enfeitiçado. Sa da Bandeira: Püblicaçoes Imbondeiro 1961. 31 p. , illus. (Colecçâo Imbondeiro 20)[4]
- Navionga, filha de branco. Lisbon: Agência-Geral do Ultramar 1966. 155 p. (Colecçâo Unidade.) [4]
References
- ^ a b Gomes, Aldonio; Cavacas, Fernanda (1997). Dicionário De Autores De Literaturas Africanas De Língua Portuguesa. Camieho. pp. 257–58.
- ^ a b c Jahn, Janheinz; Schild, Ulla; Nordmann Seiler, Almut (1972). Who's who in African literature: biographies, works, commentaries. Internet Archive. Tübingen, H. Erdmann. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Russell G. (1975). Voices from an empire : a history of Afro-Portuguese literature. Internet Archive. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-0745-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ a b c Jahn, Janheinz (1973). Bibliography of creative African writing. Internet Archive. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus-Thomson Organization.