Saturday, 4 August 2007

HOLDEN ROBERTO (R.I.P.)

Holden Roberto, the last surviving founding father of the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in Angola, has passed away this Thursday of cardiac failure at his home in Luanda, aged 84.

Never far away from political controversy during his life, it is fair to say that he eventually generated from most national quarters the respect owed to an African Elder of his stature.

May his soul rest in peace.

(Biography)

Holden Roberto, the last surviving founding father of the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in Angola, has passed away this Thursday of cardiac failure at his home in Luanda, aged 84.

Never far away from political controversy during his life, it is fair to say that he eventually generated from most national quarters the respect owed to an African Elder of his stature.

May his soul rest in peace.

(Biography)

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