Africa-Press – Angola. Sagrada Esperança Foundation Chairperson, Roberto de Almeida, on Friday highlighted the legacy of Angola’s first president, Agostinho Neto, in preserving and promoting the country’s collective and cultural memory.
In his speech at the lecture series on Neto’s Life and Work, he emphasized that, despite the advances and setbacks recorded throughout the struggle, the determination of the itinerant fighters, including men, women, and children who made resistance their ideal, was consolidated, until the final victory of independence.
He stressed that grandson’s thinking and action remains to this day and are a reference for the consolidation of national identity and for the strengthening of sovereignty.
Already the second panel of the cycle of lectures addressed the theme “The defense of national sovereignty in the strategic thinking of Agostinho Neto and his permanence in time”, presented by Lieutenant General Miguel Domingos Júnior, “Michel”.
The speaker spoke of the intervention of South Africa in the country and the challenges that were imposed on national fighters at that time. He stressed the relevance of the strategic analysis of the former leader who remains current in the context of world geopolitics.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the historian Cornélio Caley reiterated that Neto’s vast heritage continues to exist for the country’s building, underlining the presentness of concepts such as “Holy Hope” and the need to ‘solve the problems of the people’, which have inspired citizens to active participation.
The Director General of the Angola National Archives (ANA), Lieutenant General Justino da Gloria Ramos, argued that the preservation of memory and the reflection of the former president’s work are fundamental to value Angola’s historical, political and cultural trajectory, in the context of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of September and 17 September, the national hero day.
Parallel to the event, a Neto works was held in the National Archive. The event aimed to promote the critical reflection on the political, cultural and humanistic dimension of the former president.
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