{"id":46728,"date":"2023-10-10T16:47:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/?p=46728"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:31:31","slug":"former-musseque-pipita-birthplace-of-the-countrys-first-airport-and-the-main-fire-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/former-musseque-pipita-birthplace-of-the-countrys-first-airport-and-the-main-fire-station","title":{"rendered":"Former Musseque Pipita: Birthplace of the country’s first airport and the main Fire Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>In a simple area with abundant arable land, tall grass, as well as small ravines, the first aerodrome in Luanda, and perhaps in Angola, was born in 1918, which would later be called Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho. This area, which would later be incorporated into the current Maculusso, Ingombota District, was called Musseque Pipita, in honor of the first Portuguese merchant who settled there.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Pipita musseque had reference infrastructures around it, with emphasis on the old Km 3 Station of the Luanda Railways (currently the Military Hospital), as well as the former Maria do Carmo Vieira Machado Maternity Hospital (currently Lucre\u0301cia Paim ), just to name a few.<\/p>\n

The construction of the Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho aerodrome came, so to speak, to revolutionize the entire surrounding area, which became coveted in terms of real estate.<\/p>\n

Until the 1950s, Luanda depended on the Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho Aerodrome, located between the current Largo da Independe\u0302ncia, Zona das Escolas and the main Fire Station. Just to give you an idea of \u200b\u200bits extent, the airfield runway occupied the land where today there are some government buildings, schools, the National Radio, the Major Seminary, the Army Command, the Jumbo supermarket and the former Bullfight.<\/p>\n

The Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho aerodrome space also included the current Ho Chi Minh Avenue, the former Comandante Gika School and the site of the demolished Angola Telecom Building. Close to the place where the aforementioned building was located, more specifically in front of the current Solar do Alvalade building and on the right side of the Ra\u0301dio Nacional de Angola sidewalk, for those who go down the roundabout where the Hotel Express was built – pass the advertising – the landmark placed in colonial times that symbolizes the aerodrome.<\/p>\n

The old Angola Telecom building previously housed the Military Postal Services. From the top of this building, it was possible to clearly see the old Avis cinema (later Karl Marx), as well as the beautiful image of Cidade Alta and Baixa de Luanda.<\/p>\n

Strategic location<\/p>\n

The Musseque Pipita was considered strategic because it was located in an area that gave, so to speak, access to some “virgin” areas. The area was also suitable for hunting. The musseque owed its name to the Portuguese merchant Anto\u0301nio Pipita, who was one of the most notable among the first inhabitants of the area. His grace and friendliness led the residents to extend his name throughout the district.<\/p>\n

That piece of red land in the shape of an “island”, which was called Musseque Pipita, later saw the birth of the Fire Station, which later became part of the structures at Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho airport, being an obligatory reference.<\/p>\n

Public servants linked to the Fire Service had a certain influence on the emergence and extension of the musseque, as they took advantage of small wastelands to build their wattle and daub huts.<\/p>\n

Of the individuals who influenced the neighborhood’s progression, two fire drivers stand out: Mr. Artur da Cunha and Mr. Alfredo Jose\u0301, both Portuguese, who built their houses on this small piece of land. In addition to these, others linked to that fire station came, most of whom obviously intended to have their own house close to their place of service.<\/p>\n

Legendary figures<\/p>\n

During colonial times, the district had a landmark store, Mr. Teixeira’s commercial establishment, which would later be occupied by Mr. Mendes, both from Portugal. It was Mr. Teixeira’s store where the residents of Musseque Pipita went, quite frequently, to buy basic necessities and other essential products.<\/p>\n

In addition to supporting the residents of the musseque, the store served part of the population that lived in the vicinity of the old Luanda Railway Station, in current Maianga, and in other adjacent areas.<\/p>\n

Musseque Pipita’s references aren’t everything. There was also a large yard in the neighborhood that would later be transformed into an auto workshop, which was quite busy and owned by Mr. Miguel, a Portuguese from Sintra. Called Auto Viseu, this workshop was next to Mr. Teixeira’s store and It was frequented by a certain Portuguese elite who lived in some already “established” neighborhoods, attracted by the famous competence and dedication of the master mechanics.<\/p>\n

The Musseque Pipita also had a great upholsterer who satisfied the most refined whims of its clientele. He was Mr. Joaquim Manuel, a Tra\u0301s-os-Montes native from Portugal who left his mark on the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Old Caculo, a carpenter to be reckoned with, also lived in the area for many years. Old Caculo was the father of journalist Evaristo Jose\u0301, currently on loan for diplomacy. He was an unrivaled master in the art of transforming wood into furniture. For a long time, he was known by the residents of Musseque Pipita and surrounding areas as “Picasso\u201d, given his virtuosity in transforming wood into functional furniture art. His products were sold in several neighborhoods of the capital city.<\/p>\n

Velha Jota, who came from a humble family from Luanda and who lived in a wattle and daub house in Musseque Pipita, was one of the legendary figures of the district. Velha Jota was treated as the oldest in the neighborhood and was highly regarded by her peers. residents. The elderly woman was the sister of Mr. Bra\u0301s, another emblematic figure of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Dona Esperanc\u0327a also lived in the neighborhood, in the area next to the Fire Department , who was also an influential person. Attentive and a counselor, Dona Esperanc\u0327a was considered by many to be a mother. Furthermore, it was from her woman’s calloused hands that the local delicacies that were sold right there, on the corner of the main entrance to the Fire Station, came out of the town hall.<\/p>\n

Made up mostly of wooden houses, rather than wattle and daub ones, Musseque Pipita was mistaken for a “pearl” due to its geographical position. Its proximity to the Fire Station gave it a status neighborhood in the city of asphalt, a status reinforced by being very close to the airport.<\/p>\n

In the post-Independence period, the neighborhood was for a long time frequented (visited) by journalists from various media outlets, with a greater focus on those from Ra\u0301dio Nacional de Angola and Televisa\u0303o Pu\u0301blica de Angola, to immerse themselves in the bohemia or simply to unwind. soul with good company and a drink.<\/p>\n

Evolution of the district<\/p>\n

Salvador Sebastia\u0303o “Ge\u0301ge\u201d, a former resident, says that Musseque Pipita also grew as a result of the dynamics of the people who came to live there. “One of the facilities we had was the fact that, if we had a fire at home, it was just a matter of running to the barracks doors to announce the incident without much effort\u201d, he said. \u201cAnother relevant fact is that the area was a rotating sign, located at a point where we can easily move to downtown and other places\u201d, said our interlocutor.<\/p>\n

Former artistic director of Conjunto 1o de Agosto, Kota Ge\u0301ge\u0301, as he is affectionately treated by those closest to him, stated that Musseque Pipita is another one of those historic neighborhoods in Luanda that deserves extra and timely attention from the State, “to get out of the doldrums in which is found.\u201d<\/p>\n

The metal structure of the old hangar at the Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho aerodrome still exists today, now housing a car dealership. It was in this structure where some of DTA’s pioneers passed , such as pilots Manuel Pereira Valente and Edmundo de Brito Pestana.<\/p>\n

Back in the 1940s, it was in this area of \u200b\u200bMusseque Pipita (near the hangar) where an establishment and one of the first houses in the neighborhood were located, built in wood and wattle and daub at night, due to the tight supervision of the city council. Municipality of Luanda.<\/p>\n

Joa\u0303o Pedro Gomes, a former resident, said that the neighborhood has undergone many changes: the streets have all been closed and people can no longer circulate as freely as they used to. Water and electricity services, as well as basic sanitation, leave a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n

“In the past we walked freely, the streets were wide and vehicles moved from one side to the other without constraints. Today the impossible has taken over the district. The neighborhood needs or calls for urgent redevelopment. We were notified more than three years ago , and until now neither water goes nor water comes\u201d, said Jose\u0301 Pedro Gomes.<\/p>\n

Benvinda Sousa, also a former resident, stated that in the post-Independence period the neighborhood changed its appearance: “many robberies in every corner, delinquency and other evils came to make the residents hell.”<\/p>\n

Of Cape Verdean nationality, Benvinda Sousa says he was born in the Prenda neighborhood and spent almost his entire adolescence in Musseque Pipita. “In the past, the neighborhood had a different statute, but today it’s not worth it, my son. A lot of confusion. These Konicas came to ruin the neighborhood that was calm,” he said.<\/p>\n

Emilio de Carvalho Airport<\/p>\n

Some writings from the colonial era indicate that in 1918 an airstrip was built in Luanda to meet the basic needs of the time, with a size that allowed planes to take off and land safely. It began as an airstrip to support a military squadron during the First World War. After the conflict, it was adopted by air enthusiasts, such as Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho, an aviation pioneer in Angola, responsible for the first civil flights in the country.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the 1940s, infrastructure was added to the track that transformed it into an aerodrome, which was given the name Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho. This airport would make history in the capital and the country.<\/p>\n

At the time, Luanda’s urban layout was designed as a triangle between Cidade Alta, Baixa and Ingombotas, where the city would soon expand. For decades, it was from the Emi\u0301lio Carvalho aerodrome that planes arrived and took off with destination and departure from Luanda.<\/p>\n

The history of civil aviation in Angola shows that, after the First World War, the plane assumed primary importance as a means of transport. With a very extensive territory, Angola adopts it without hesitation.<\/p>\n

The first trips: in 1940, two years after the creation of DTA – Directorate of Air Transport of Angola – dependent on the Directorate of Ports, Railways and Transport Services of Angola, a fleet of five small planes began the first commercial flights national, to Moc\u0327a\u0302medes and Lobito, and international, to Ponta Negra, in Congo Brazzaville.<\/p>\n

This new phase of Angolan aviation, with medium-sized aircraft, required the creation of support infrastructures, and the old airfield, where the first official DTA facilities appeared, underwent successive expansions and modernizations.<\/p>\n

The runway, initially made of dirt, became compacted earth, and was successively enlarged, which allowed it to receive medium-sized planes (DC-3, DC-4 and DC-6) that started to connect Luanda and Lisbon.<\/p>\n

Over approximately a decade of activity, the Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho aerodrome adapted and managed to respond to the growing volume of passengers and cargo it registered. In its facilities, with the official address “Estrada de Catete, Km 3”, the main Meteorological Center of Angola also operated.<\/p>\n

From the second half of the 20th century, progress expanded the limits of the capital. The aerodrome found itself surrounded by buildings and discovered that it was too small to accommodate the modern and imposing planes that transported an increasing number of passengers as air travel became popular.<\/p>\n

In 1945, the first steps had already been taken towards the construction, from scratch, of a new airport that would meet all security conditions. Work began in 1951 and, in 1954, Presidente Craveiro Lopes Airport was completed, named after the then President of the Portuguese Republic, who inaugurated it on an official visit to Angola.<\/p>\n

After Independence, it began to be referred to simply as “Aeroporto de Belas”, the municipality where it is located, to be renamed, in an official ceremony on February 3, 1979, as 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, evoking the date of the beginning of the Armed Struggle for National Liberation.<\/p>\n

With the deactivation of Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho airport, a chapter of commercial aviation in Angola came to an end, one that accompanied the “golden age\u201d of the aeronautical industry which then experienced an era of “glamour”, now forgotten thanks to the democratization of air travel .<\/p>\n

Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho, it should be noted, was a cavalry lieutenant, passionate about airplanes, who died in a nighttime aviation disaster on November 13, 1924, on a modest airstrip in Luanda. He was the pioneer of air raids between Luanda and Le\u0301opoldville (today Kinshasa).<\/p>\n

Attracted by planes<\/p>\n

Airplanes, at the time, attracted many teenagers, and beyond. The curiosity was so great that it reached the point where many children traveled several kilometers to see the evolution of the aircraft on the runway and their take-off.<\/p>\n

Ce\u0301sar Bastos says that, from his house, he could systematically hear the roar of airplane engines. “On Saturday mornings, invariably, especially during school holidays, I would travel through hills and valleys (including the Rio Seco) to the Emi\u0301lio de Carvalho aerodrome to see the Dakotas (aka DC-3), the Draggon, the PV2 and others aircraft belonging to the DTA fleet\u201d.<\/p>\n

“Other memories of a very memorable childhood are related to the moments when I left home without my parents’ notice, and went to the aerodrome to observe the movements of the aircraft. With all the attention of a boy, I appreciated everything that was happening there, with special interest in the aircraft themselves\u201d, emphasizes Ce\u0301sar Bastos.<\/p>\n

Daniel Oliveira says that when kandengue went up the Rio Seco, through what is now the Alvalade neighborhood, “I crossed all that red land to see the planes when they took off to launch advertising leaflets. So it was great”, he exalts.<\/p>\n

Victor Bandeira states that it was in the hangar of this old aerodrome where he took gymnastics classes in the preparatory cycle with Professor Montez, in the 60s. “I had to run from the Industrial School of Luanda to there to avoid getting caught”, he highlighted.<\/p>\n

Ame\u0301rico Olim said that it was in the hangar of the old Emi\u0301dio de Carvalho aerodrome that “we, parachutists from the Aero Clube de Angola, would fold our parachutes and then go and jump on the Golf course\u201d.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the story goes that the first planes purchased by TAP, in 1945, were two Douglas DC-3 Dakotas, heavily used in the Second World War, with capacity for 21 passengers. It was with the Dakotas that the newly formed Transportes Ae\u0301reos Portugueses company ventured into the skies the following year. First from Lisbon to Madrid and then, with the inauguration of the “Imperial Line”, Lisbon, Luanda and Lourenc\u0327o Marques, now Maputo, in a true epic.”It was an incredible journey of 24,540 kilometers – it was 1946 – the longest line operated in the world with twin-engine planes\u201d, said Ame\u0301rico Olim.<\/p>\n

On the Imperial Line, the name by which General Humberto Delgado, hyperbolically, designated the air route, TAP had the need to start operating with the Skymaster plane.<\/p>\n

Km 3 Station versus Military Hospital<\/p>\n

Circulating in Luanda since 1861, trains were a widely used means of transport in the city. One of the railway branches headed towards the new and first airfield in Luanda. Daily, and twice, the train made the round trip between Bungo Station, close to the Port of Luanda, and the Maternity hospital and the aerodrome, passing through the Quipacas, Ca\u0302mara Municipal and Cidade Alta stops.<\/p>\n

It was on one of these trains that, in the 1950s, Rui Ramos, a veteran journalist for Edic\u0327o\u0303es Novembro, enjoyed the journey in the company of friends and schoolmates.<\/p>\n

“The train came from Km 5, had a stop in the Cine Atla\u0302ntico area, went in front of Escola 7, Hotel Globo, Sa\u0303o Jose\u0301 do Cluny and Bingo. I rode it when I was 6 years old and started moving near Escola 15 “, said.<\/p>\n

In 1951, outdated in speed and accessibility, the Railway branch was deactivated and ended up disappearing completely under the new neighborhoods of the city.<\/p>\n

The Luanda Railway (CFL) completes 130 years of existence on October 31st. Behind are memories of a journey with ups and downs, dating back to October 1888, the date on which a locomotive was launched on the rails for the first time on Angolan soil, thus marking the inaugural moment of the railway epic in the country .<\/p>\n

In memory, the workers’ deeds still remain.<\/p>\n

The Luanda Railway is the oldest in the country, but it wasn’t always called that. It was initially called the Ambaca Railway and only connected Luanda and Funda, on a 35 kilometer route.<\/p>\n

It was only in 1900 that the train arrived in Lucala, while Malanje had to wait another eight years to see the train whistle.<\/p>\n

The first station was built where it still operates today, in Bungo, from where the train left for Maianga Station, which served Cidade Alta, continuing through the interior of the town. At the end of the 1950s, studies were ordered for the construction of a line that, leaving Luanda Central Station, and continuing between Boavista and Rangel, would connect to the general line with the aim of allowing the emergence of new constructions in the areas crossed by the train within the urban hull. railway line was driven by factors demographic, but above all economic. The line purposely crossed rich portions of the territory, where coffee was grown, which was brought by train to Luanda, from where it was transported to the international market.<\/p>\n

But the importance of the railway was not confined to coffee. The train contributed to the transport of other wealth, such as manganese, which was exploited between Ndalatando and Lucala.<\/p>\n

Descendants of the musseque<\/p>\n

Nowadays, it is difficult to talk about the descendants of Musseque Pipita, as time passes and people grow old and die.<\/p>\n

“It’s as if you were looking for a needle in a certain haystack. Due to the years that have passed, it is difficult to find one of the descendants of Musseque Pipita”, as Dona Benvinda Sousa, who has lived in the district for over 40 years, told.<\/p>\n

The last inhabitants he met, as he said, “were the last two daughters of Velha Jota, descendant of Luandenses, who lived in a wattle and daub house and who are now deceased. They were Belita and Celeste. Others were not they come to mind, but they have already left for eternity\u201d, emphasized Benvinda de Sousa.<\/p>\n

The report attempted to locate other former residents but the efforts proved unsuccessful, as some of the few former residents went to live in Zango.<\/p>\n

But what is known is that in the past, firefighters demographically dominated the district, which was once one of the “jewels” of Maculusso, as it was located between the dirt musseque and the urban area.<\/p>\n

Currently, the neighborhood is home to new people from various latitudes of Luanda, and beyond, in a peaceful coexistence of various cultures.<\/p>\n

Rui Kandov told our reporter that in colonial times, as a boy, he often went, with his friends, to the Musseque Pipita, where, in the backyards of the residences, there was always an apple tree. \u201cThat\u2019s where we stole the apples from India,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n

Informal trade<\/p>\n

Immersed in authentic chaos, the Pipita neighborhood calls for several interventions, starting with serious redevelopment. Invaded by unfair trade, the district became a place of commercial “appetites”, transformed into a small Maculusso “stock exchange”. Informal commerce took over the neighborhood, filled with disorderly constructions. The trade is dominated by the Konicas houses, which, among other things, reproduce photographs and photocopies. Selling cheap meals to nearby public servants has also become fashionable. The “improvised” restaurants are notorious, filling with customers during rush hours (especially at lunch). The neighborhood is a labyrinth in which public servants from the so-called Ministries Zone move around looking for cheap meals.<\/p>\n

On another note, it is worth mentioning that several years ago it was born nearby, on the opposite side of Cole\u0301gio Eliza\u0302ngela Filomena, which was once the Casa de Tra\u0302nsito dos Professores, a famous taxi stop, an obligatory reference for many citizens who want to reach the town of Viana. At this stop, it is common to see taxi drivers heading to destinations such as Congolenses, Shoprite, BCA, Grafanil-Bar, Bela Vista, Robaldina, Estalagem Moagem, Estalagem Bombas, Alimenta Angola, Sonangalp, Ponte Partida, Bombas dos Mutilados, Firefighters, SGT and Vila Ponte Amarela.<\/p>\n

The daily frenzy during rush hours leads to the emergence of thieves looking for unsuspecting passengers to steal their wallets and cell phones. With the resumption of classes, things are looking good for thieves, as students tend to be the main victims.<\/p>\n

In order to avoid falling into the “trap” of thieves at the stop in question, citizens choose to take direct taxis to their destinations from Hospital Militar or Maianga, paying 500 kwanzas for this purpose.<\/p>\n

Solutions needed<\/p>\n

The residents of Musseque Pipita demand that the authorities solve the problems of basic sanitation, the electricity distribution network and drinking water. “Some work has already been done in this aspect (water) with the connection of the water network, now the essential thing is missing, which is to pour the precious liquid into the taps”, said Joa\u0303o Pedro Gomes.<\/p>\n

Given its privileged location, if it weren’t for the disorganized constructions, the Musseque Pipita could have a different status in the urban context of Luanda. But this is not the case. Not even its main current reference was spared: the Main Fire Station was \u201csurrounded\u201d by shops and houses that can only be reached through alleys. In short, this is the possible portrait of the old Musseque Pipita.<\/p>\n

jornaldeangola<\/b><\/p>\n

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