By: Redacção
Writers are being forced to reduce their focus on Literature and seek other sources of support as it is not possible to live off literary production in Angola. The information was discovered this week, at the headquarters of the Fundação Arte e Cultura, during the November edition of Poetry Nights, which paid tribute to the poet and writer Abel Paulo Gamba.
According to Abel Gamba, there came a time in his life when he had to stop focusing his attention on literary production and dedicate himself to things that would give him some financial return.
For poet Lú Matamba, Literature is not the best way to achieve economic stability, but knowledge.
“Because it is a path within teaching and education in which the greatest wealth of knowledge is achieved for any society: Educational wealth. A society with a high level and literary quality is in fact a rich society.
According to the woman of letters, Angola can reverse the situation from the ground up, investing in more inclusive literature from the basic education system, a greater system of mobilization for campaigns for the taste of writing and reading, without forgetting the appreciation that should be given to literature.
Abel Paulo Gambap- pseudonym Khoisa- was born in the Sambizanga neighborhood, Luanda, where he began his studies at the Cadipovo school. The author of “Ventos da Terra” has a degree in Linguistics from the Agostinho Neto University and in Law from the Methodist University of Angola. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations and Foreign Affairs. The man of letters is also a Professor at the Lusiadas and Metropolitan Universities of Angola, an analyst on International Politics issues.
In addition to “Winds of the Earth”, Khoisa is also the author of the book Bosnia, Kasovoe Rwanda- United Nations Security Council in the three Conflicts.
As a result of his contribution to the development of Literature, Gamba is today honored by the Art and Culture Foundation. During the event there will be poetry reciting, live music, theater, all in his honor.