Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican writer and academic Francelino Wilson, better known by his pen name Mukhwarura, died early on Saturday in Portugal. He was 39 years old.
Francelino Wilson was considered one of the most distinctive voices of the new generation of Mozambican writers. He was born on October 24, 1985, in Maputo, but moved to Lichinga City at the age of three.
The writer was known for his sharp writing and critical view of the country’s social and moral contradictions. His first book, Nikokwe: A Reforma da Prostituta (Nikokwe: The Reform of the Prostitute), published fifteen years ago, was recently reissued in a second edition launched on 26 June at the State University of Santa Cruz in Bahia, Brazil.
The new edition was presented by Juma Manuel, a PhD student in Literature and Interfaces at the same university, who highlighted the relevance and depth of the work.
“In this book, readers will find an author who, without being wordy and using sharp language, offers a critical reading of our contemporary reality, with vivid descriptions of elements from everyday life. The book also shows how the main character, mother of Lília and Tinico, occupies social space, breaking her silence to tell unique life stories marked by prostitution and the many hardships of her destiny,” he remarked.
Unlike the first edition, this new version was published without censorship, using explicit language, and released under Ethale Publishing.
Francelino Wilson was a PhD student in Language Sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, where he earned his Master’s degree in Linguistics in 2016. He was a Research Fellow for the Development of Scientific Content at the Museum of the Portuguese Language, at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, in Portugal, and a member of the Center for Studies on Educational Policies of Mozambique (CEPE) and the Center for Linguistics of the University of Porto (CLUP).
His research focused on phonology, lexical studies, Bantu languages (especially Emakhuwa), and the contact and variations of the Portuguese language. He held a bachelor’s degree in Portuguese Teaching (2012) from the Pedagogical University of Mozambique.
He worked as a University Assistant at Púnguè University in Mozambique and was a researcher in the areas of phonology, lexicon, terminology, contact linguistics, linguistic variation, and theoretical and descriptive linguistics of Bantu languages, with a special focus on Emakhuwa.
In 2021, he received the IILP–Itamaraty Award for Scientific Articles on the Portuguese Language, given by the International Institute of the Portuguese Language and Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
So far, no information has been released about the cause of his death or the location of the funeral ceremonies.
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