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Sousa Jamba (born 9 January 1966)[1] is an Angolan author and journalist.

Biography

Sousa Jamba was born in 1966 in Dondi, Huambo, in central Angola. His family were all supporters of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),[2] which fought alongside the MPLA (the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) in the Angolan War of Independence (1961–75) and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war (1975–2002). In 1975, nine-year-old Jamba with his family left the country, fleeing the violence following Angola's independence, and went to Zambia, where he lived as a refugee,[3] before going to England. Jamba has said: "There was a sense that if you were from Unita you either had to leave the country or go out into the bush, which is precisely what my family did."[2]

In 1985, Jamba returned to Angola, and worked as a reporter and translator for the UNITA News Agency.[3] In 1986, he went to study in Britain on a journalism scholarship, and soon began writing for The Spectator.[3] From 1988 to 1991, he studied for a BA degree in Media Studies at Westminster University, London.[1] He also has a master's degree in Leadership and Strategic Communications from Seton Hall University in New Jersey, United States. He returned to his home country after 27 years of exile.[2]

Entre los libros de Jamba se encuentra Patriotas (1992), una obra de ficción autobiográfica que recibió gran reconocimiento de la crítica. Andrew McKie, de The Telegraph, escribe sobre ella: «La brillante y aterradora (y a menudo muy divertida) novela Patriotas de Sousa Jamba ofrece un relato de la visión de un niño sobre la guerra en Angola». [ 4 ] La segunda novela de Jamba, Un diablo solitario , se publicó en 1993. Ha escrito extensamente para periódicos y revistas, entre ellos Granta , The Spectator y New Statesman . [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Escribe una columna semanal para el periódico angoleño Semanario Angolense . También escribe una columna sobre liderazgo para la revista de negocios Exame . Actualmente vive en Jacksonville, Florida , EE. UU.

Jamba es colaboradora del libro de 2005 The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in Exile , editado por Jennifer Langer. [ 6 ]

Bibliografía

  • Patriotas (1992)
  • Un diablo solitario (1993)
  • A orillas del Zambeze (1993)

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 "Sousa Jamba | Perfil | Africa Confidential" . www.africa-confidential.com . Consultado el 16 de noviembre de 2023 .
  2. 1 2 3 "El emotivo regreso a casa del autor Jamba" . BBC News . 6 de enero de 2004. Consultado el 16 de noviembre de 2023 .
  3. ^ "Sousa Jamba " . www.litencyc.com . Consultado el 16 de noviembre de 2023 .
  4. ↑ Andrew McKie, "Demasiado joven para morir" , The Telegraph , 6 de noviembre de 2007.
  5. ↑ Página de Sousa Jamba en New Statesman .
  6. ↑ Langer, Jennifer (ed.). «La garganta plateada de la luna: Escribir en el exilio» . Five Leaves Publications. ISBN 9780907123651.
  • "El periodista angoleño Sousa Jamba analiza la situación sociopolítica y económica actual de su país" , MBC TV Mozambique, 27 de marzo de 2026.