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Mário Pinto de Andrade

Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade (August 21, 1928 - August 26, 1990) was an Angolan poet and politician.

He was born in Golungo-Alto and studied philology at the University of Lisbon and sociology at the Sorbonne in Paris. While there, he became active in opposing Portuguese colonial rule of Angola, and wrote anti-colonial poetry. In 1956 he was a founder member of the MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) and was its President from 1960 to 1962. He clashed with his successor, Agostinho Neto, and in 1974 split with the MPLA. Portugal left Angola in 1975, but Andrade continued to live in exile in Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Mozambique. He died in London.

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