Africa-Press – Angola. “Os Ventos ao Sul” is the title of the new book by writer Fragata de Morais, which was presented to the public thursday at Livraria Mayamba, in Luanda, to give the reader an idea of the journey of the Labrego family, from Portugal to Angola.
The family saga, of Portuguese origin, begins in 1813 and has António Manuel as its protagonist, who faces power and ends up being deported by the Portuguese crown to Luanda to serve a five-year exile sentence.
In the book, sold at a price of four thousand kwanzas, the author also provides data on the family tree of the Labrego family, whose achievements took the protagonist to Benguela, where he is supported by a merchant, on a mission to maintain contact with the peoples further south. , territories where no white man could reach at the time.
For those who sought to maintain the first contact with the peoples living further south of the national territory, António Manuel Labrego, said the author, went through numerous difficulties, one of which in the region of the Ambos peoples, where he was captured in Kwamatu and ended up dying. , “having left a vast descendants, whose history helps to give substance to the
plot of the novel, with a strong historical tendency”. do Mês”, from Livraria Mayamba, ends in 1917 with the death of the last descendant, who fought alongside King Mandume.
“Os Ventos ao Sul” is the second book published in recent months by Mayamba Editora, after the anthology “O Fantástico na Prosa Angolana”, which was also sold yesterday at the price of four thousand kwanzas.
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