Eldevina Materula Explained

Office:	Minister of Culture and Tourism
Termstart:	19 January 2020
Birth Date:	1982
Birth Place:	Maputo
Predecessor:	Silva Armando Dunduru
President:	Filipe Nyusi

Eldevina "Kika" Materula (born 1982) is a Mozambican oboist who has served as Minister of Culture and Tourism in the Cabinet of Mozambique since 19 January 2020.^{[1] [2]}

Life

Materula was born in Maputo in 1982. At the age of seven she began studying piano and recorder at the National School of Music. In 1995, aged 13, she began studying the oboe, under an agreement with the Escola Profissional de Música de Évora, in Portugal, which selected her, along with five other students, to study at that institution.

In 2016, she was made an Officer of the Order of Prince Henry by the President of Portugal.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Materula: The Minister leaving Casa da Música orchestra to serve her country – Mozambique . Club of Mozambique . 21 January 2020 . 31 March 2021.
2. Web site: Eldevina Materula: "Parte do que sou tem influência angolana" . Jornal de Angola . 31 March 2021 . 7 June 2020 . pt.
3. Web site: Estrangeiros com Ordens Portuguesas . Presidência da República Portuguesa . 31 March 2021 . pt.