Sousa Jamba
Sousa Jamba (born 9 January 1966)[1] is an Angolan author and journalist.
Biography
Sousa Jamba was born in 1966 in Dondi,
In 1985 Jamba returned to Angola, and worked as a reporter and translator for the UNITA News Agency.[3] In 1986, he went to study in Britain on a journalism scholarship, and soon began writing for The Spectator.[3] From 1988 to 1991 he studied for a BA degree in Media Studies at Westminster University, London.[1] He also has a master's degree in Leadership and Strategic Communications from Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He returned to his home country after 27 years of exile.[2]
Jamba's books include Patriots (1992), an autobiographical work of fiction that received much critical acclaim. Andrew McKie of The Telegraph writes of it: "Sousa Jamba's brilliant and terrifying (and often very funny) novel Patriots gives an account of a child's view of the war in Angola."[4] Jamba's second novel, A Lonely Devil, was published in 1993. He has written widely for newspapers and journals, among them Granta, The Spectator and the New Statesman.[1][5] He writes a weekly column for the Angolan newspaper Semanario Angolense. He also writes a column on leadership for the business magazine Exame. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Bibliography
- A Lonely Devil (1993)
- On The Banks Of The Zambezi (1993)
- Patriots (1992)
References
- ^ a b c "Sousa Jamba | Profile | Africa Confidential". www.africa-confidential.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ a b c "Author Jamba's emotional homecoming". 2004-01-06. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ a b c "Sousa Jamba". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Andrew McKie, "Too young to die", The Telegraph, 6 November 2007.
- ^ Sousa Jamba page at New Statesman.