Africa-Press – Angola. The Festival of Poetry and Letters (FESPOL) returns to the stage between the 11th and 13th of August, at the Mediateca 28 de Agosto, in Luanda, in an edition commemorating the centenary of the birth of the Poet Maior and first President of the Republic of Angola, António Agostinho Grandchild.
After being suspended in 2021 and 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, poets and musicians meet again to celebrate poetry, in an edition in which all the participants will declaim and set to music the poems of Agostinho Neto .
Organized by the literary movement Lev’arte, this edition of FESPOL takes place under the motto “Agostinho Neto – Poeta da Liberdade”, and promotes various activities such as concerts, recitations, conferences, children’s festival, theater and exhibitions.
According to the organization, the objective of FESPOL is to awaken the taste and interest in reading, in particular poetry; develop the art of declamation, train and inspire new writers to internationalize the festival, fostering cultural exchange. The last edition, held in 2019, paid tribute to musician Ruy Mingas and writer Manuel Rui Monteiro.
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