This article provides a re-examination of the main Afrocentric narrative capoeira origins, engolo or ‘Zebra Dance’, in light historical primary sources and new ethnographic evidence gathered during fieldwork south-west Angola. By examining engolo’s bodily techniques, its socio-historical context cultural meanings, piece emphasises insertion into pastoral lifestyle highlights relatively narrow e...

Although an emergency meeting of health experts last month stopped short of calling the yellow fever outbreak in Angola a global public health emergency, humanitarian groups on the ground warn the epidemic is still far from over. Even as the number of newly reported cases declines, the disease continues to spread. If it reaches areas with low vaccination coverage, the outbreak could flare up ag...

This work presents a geochemical study of a set of garnets, selected by their colors, from the Camafuca-Camazambo kimberlite, located on northeast Angola. Mantle-derived garnets were classified according to the scheme proposed by Grütter et al. (2004) and belong to the G1, G4, G9 and G10 groups. Both sub-calcic (G10) and Ca-saturated (G9) garnets, typical, respectively, of harzburgites and lher...

O escritor Fernando Ferreira de Loanda nasceu em São Paulo Luanda, Angola, 1924, e faleceu no Rio Janeiro, 2002. Seu nome está vinculado à geração 45 tem sido citado por estudiosos, principalmente, pelo trabalho que realizou frente da revista Orfeu pela edição dos volumes Panorama poesia brasileira (1951), Antologia nova (1965) moderna (1967). foi autor menos cinco livros poesia: Equinócio (195...

China's relationship with Angola – which is both the region's top oil exporter to China and recipient of highest amount Chinese loans represents a critical case when it comes studying Sino–African relations. The Sino–Angolan relationship, forged for purely pragmatic reasons at an opportune moment mutual need in early 2000s, has been labelled ‘marriage convenience’. A variety factors have, howev...

Kilamba, the first of new centralities in Angola, is increasingly visible recent urban scholarship about Luanda, further establishing it as symbol both this “new” post-war city and “New Angola.” Within local discourses progress, its emergence from within “petro-urbanism,” size modern aesthetics are emphasized, while little attention has been directed towards understanding actual contributions w...

RESUMO Objetivos: analisar a percepção dos profissionais de enfermagem uma Unidade Terapia Intensiva em Angola sobre cuidados humanizados e identificar recursos necessários para sua implementação. Métodos: estudo qualitativo, descritivo, realizado com 15 junho outubro/2020, Angola. Os dados foram coletados mediante entrevista semiestruturada; análise baseada na técnica do Discurso Sujeito Colet...

Vitex agnus-castus L. (chaste-berry). Phytomedicine. 2004 Jan;11(1):18-23. Liu J, Burdette JE, Sun Y, Deng S, Schlecht SM, Zheng W, Nikolic D, Mahady G, van Breemen RB, Fong HH, Pezzuto JM, Bolton JL, Farnsworth NR. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illi...