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António Tavares (writer)
António Tavares (born 1960), is an Angolan–Portuguese people, Portuguese author and writer. He is also a journalist, teacher and Portuguese politician. Personal life He was born in 1960 in Lobito, Angola. In 1975 at the age of 15, he moved to Portugal following the process of decolonization in Africa. Then he attended high school in Porto. Later, he graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He later obtained a post-graduate degree in Communication Law from the same university. After the graduation, he started to work as a teacher in secondary education at High School Domingos Rebelo (Escola Secundária Domingos Rebelo), in Ponta Delgada, and later at Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho School (Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho), in Figueira da Foz. Meanwhile, he entered Portuguese politics and he became the mayor in the municipality of Figueira da Foz from 2005 to 2009 as a non-executive, and later as an executive in the areas of Culture, Urbanism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobito
Lobito is a municipality in Angola. It is located in Benguela Province, on the Atlantic Coast north of the Catumbela Estuary. The Lobito municipality had a population of 393,079 in 2014. History The city was founded in 1843 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of the Benguela railway to the far interior, passing through Luau to Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The population of the municipality is 393,079 (2014) in an area of 3,648 km². The municipality consists of the communes Canjala, Egipto Praia and Lobito. Portuguese rule Lobito, was built on a sandspit and reclaimed land, with one of Africa's finest natural harbours, protected by a 5 km long sandspit. The old municipality (''concelho'') was created in 1843 by the Portuguese administration. The town was also founded in 1843 by order of Maria II of Portugal, and its harbour works wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
