Gentil Ferreira Viana

Gentil Ferreira Viana (1935/6 – February 23, 2008)[1] founded, with other pro-independence leaders, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). In 1974, he and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade broke away from the MPLA and formed the Activa Revolt;[2] the two men died on the same day in 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-02-26. (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Irving Kaplan and Allison Butler Herrick. Angola, a Country Study, 1979. Page 126.


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