Ngudia Wendel (born in 1940) is an Angolan military commander, poet and physician.[1] In the service of MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) he first was a guerilla commander and later, after studying medicine in the Soviet Union, a physician. He was director of medical services in Cabinda Province and on the northern front during 1973-4.[1][2]
Ngudia Wendel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 Ícolo e Bengo, near Luanda, Angola |
| Occupation | MPLA guerilla leader, medical doctor, poet |
| Nationality | Angolan |
| Education | medical studies |
| Alma mater | in Soviet Union |
| Subject | Angolan struggle for independence, politics |
| Notable works | Nós voltaremos, Luanda! (transl. We shall return, Luanda!), A república de iguais (A republic of equals), Triunfo de humilhados (Triumph of the humiliated) |
Publications
editWendel's publications include:[3][4]
Poetry
edit- Wendel, Ngudia (1973). Noi ritorneremo, Luanda [We shall return, Luanda!] (in Italian). Translated by Segatori, Bruna Bozzetti. Forlì, Italy: Tipografia moderna. OCLC 77984572. 77 pages. Translated poetry.
- Wendel, Ngudia (1976). Nós voltaremos, Luanda! [We shall return, Luanda!] (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola. OCLC 56428961.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 37 pages. Poetry.
in anthologies
edit- Mea, Giuseppe, ed. (1975). Poesia angolana de revolta : antologia [Angolan revolutionary poetry : anthology]. Colecção Arte póetica, 4 (in Portuguese). Porto: Paisagem. OCLC 463028094. 193 pages.
- Wolfers, Michael, ed. (1979). Poems from Angola. African writers series, 215. Translated by Wolfers, Michael. London, Exeter, N.H., U.S.A.: Heinemann, Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 9780435902155. OCLC 6343857. 112 pages. Translated poetry.
- Beier, Ulli; Moore, Gerald (2007). The Penguin book of modern African poetry. Penguin classics (4th ed.). London: Penguin Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 9780140424720. OCLC 466152546. 448 pages. First edition 1998.
Prose
edit- Wendel, Ngudia (1976). Ngombe filho de Kambole e de Niangombe. Diario de Viagem na Zona Libertada pelo M P L A [Ngombe son of Kambole and Niangombe. Travelogue in the Zone Liberated by the M P L A] (pdf) (in Portuguese). Luanda: [s.n.] 71 pages.
Quote
editThe first lines of Wendel's poem We Shall Return, Luanda are:
Luanda, your are like a white seagull
on the ocean crest -
bright streets under the white sun,
flight of green palm trees...
but we have seen you grow black, Luanda,
since the bitter fourth of February[5]...
— Ngudia Wendel, We Shall Return, Luanda, Beier & Moore 2007, pp. 38-39.
References
edit- ^ a b Beier, Ulli; Moore, Gerald (2007). The Penguin book of modern African poetry. Penguin classics (4th ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 303. ISBN 9780140424720. OCLC 466152546. 448 pages. First edition 1998.
- ^ Brooke, James (January 3, 1985). "Angolan Writers Bloom in Independent Climate". nytimes.com. The New York Times: 18, Section C. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Find items in libraries near you". search.worldcat.org. OCLC, Inc. 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024. Search for Ngudia Wendel.
- ^ "Pesquisa bibliográfica" [Bibliographical search]. memoria-africa.ua.pt (in Portuguese). Aveiro, Portugal: O Portal das Memórias de África e do Oriente (The Portal of Memories of Africa and the Orient). Universidade de Aveiro. Fundação Portugal-Africa. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ February 4, 1961, marked the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Angola.
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