Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela. A white Angolan, Pepetela fought as a member of the MPLA in the long guerrilla war for Angola's independence. Much of his writing deals with Angola's political history in the twentieth century. "Mayombe" for example is a novel that portrays the lives of a group of MPLA guerrillas who are involved in the anti-colonial struggle, … Wikipedia
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