Uanhenga Xitu

Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho ( born August 29, 1924 in Colomboloca, Catete ) is an Angolan writer and diplomat.

Life

His pen name is Uanhenga Xitu ( Kimbundu ). Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho trained as a nurse. He was committed to the independence of the overseas province of Angola. He was arrested at the Luanda airport from the Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado and sentenced by a military court to twelve years in prison. From 1962 to 1970 he was interned in the Campo do Tarrafal.

He was a member of the Central Committee of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola. From 14 November 1975 to 1982 he was Minister of Health ( Secretário da Saúde e Assuntos Sociais ). From 1982 to 1984 he served as Comissario provincial commissioner for the province of Luanda. From January 5, 1985 to October 2, 1990, he was his country's ambassador in Berlin.