January 2011

Malangatana Considered As Mozambican Respected Figure

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 15:37
Malangatana Considered As Mozambican Respected Figure - The Angolan painter Hildebrando de Melo "HM" said on Friday in Luanda that the Mozambican artist Malangatana, who died on Wednesday, is a respected figure of that country and world. [AA Network News]

Unesco Chief Pays Tribute to Late Mozambican Artist Malangatana

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 15:37
Unesco Chief Pays Tribute to Late Mozambican Artist Malangatana - The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today paid tribute to Valente Ngwenya Malangatana, a renowned Mozambican artist and UNESCO Artist for Peace, who died on Wednesday. [AA Network News]

Government Promises Dignified Funeral for Malangatana

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 15:36
Government Promises Dignified Funeral for Malangatana - Mozambique's Minister of Culture, Armando Artur, has promised that the government will provide the country's greatest painter, Malangatana Valente Nguenha, "with a funeral appropriate to his stature, since he is much more than an artist - he is a part of us". [AA Network News]

Community Leaders Accused of Selling Land to Malawian Nationals

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 15:36
Community Leaders Accused of Selling Land to Malawian Nationals - Community leaders in the border regions of the district of Milange in the central province of Zambezia, are accused of selling farmland to Malawian nationals, stripping hundreds of Mozambicans of their fields. This has led to talk of social tensions and unpredictable consequences. [AA Network News]

Government Announces Two Days Mourning for Malangatana

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 10/01/2011 - 15:35
Government Announces Two Days Mourning for Malangatana - The Mozambican government announced in Maputo on Friday two days of national mourning for the death of country's greatest painter Malangatana Valente Ngwenha. [AA Network News]