Africa-Press – Angola. The city council of Arpino, Italy, paid tribute, on Wednesday, to the first president of Angola, António Agostinho Neto, as part of the centenary of his birth.
According to a note sent Thursday, during the event, the mayor of Arpino, Vittorio Sgarbi, recalled that Agostinho Neto’s first published work was translated into Italian, in a translation by the poet Joice Lusso, for project Neto’s poetry to the world.
For her part, the Angolan ambassador to Italy, Fátima Jardim, recognized that Italy has played an essential role of solidarity with Portuguese-speaking African countries.
“This dialogue honors us greatly”, as Agostinho Neto passed through Italy and here recorded the contribution that the country made to the end of fascism and Portuguese colonialism, as well as to the independence of Angola, after 500 years of colonization.
The ceremony was attended by Angolan diplomats, poets, men of culture and Italian politicians.
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