Ngudia Wendel Explained

Ngudia Wendel
Birth Date:	1940
Birth Place:	Ícolo e Bengo, near Luanda, Angola
Occupation:	MPLA guerilla leader, medical doctor, poet
Nationality:	Angolan
Education:	medical studies
Alma Mater:	in Soviet Union
Subject:	Angolan struggle for independence, politics
Notable Works:	Nós voltaremos, Luanda! (transl. We shall return, Luanda!), A república de iguais (A republic of equals), Triunfo de humilhados (Triumph of the humiliated)

Ngudia Wendel (born in 1940) is an Angolan military commander, poet and physician.^[1] In the service of MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) he first was a guerilla commander and later, after studying medicine in the Soviet Union, a physician. He was director of medical services in Cabinda Province and on the northern front during 1973-4.^[2]

Publications

Wendel's publications include:^{[3] [4]}

Poetry

• Book: Wendel, Ngudia . Noi ritorneremo, Luanda . We shall return, Luanda! . Bruna Bozzetti . Segatori . it . Tipografia moderna . Forlì, Italy . 1973 . 77984572. 77 pages. Translated poetry.
• Book: Wendel, Ngudia . Nós voltaremos, Luanda! . We shall return, Luanda! . pt . Luanda, Angola . 1976 . 56428961. 37 pages. Poetry.

in anthologies

• Book: Giuseppe . Mea . Poesia angolana de revolta : antologia . Angolan revolutionary poetry : anthology . Porto . Paisagem . 1975 . Colecção Arte póetica, 4 . 463028094 . pt. 193 pages.
• Book: Poems from Angola . Michael . Wolfers . Michael . Wolfers . Heinemann, Heinemann Educational Books . London, Exeter, N.H., U.S.A. . 1979 . African writers series, 215 . 9780435902155 . 6343857. 112 pages. Translated poetry.
• Book: Ulli . Beier . Gerald . Moore . The Penguin book of modern African poetry . Penguin Books . London . 9780140424720 . 466152546 . 2007 . 4th . Penguin classics . 38-39. 448 pages. First edition 1963.

Prose

• Book: Wendel, Ngudia . Ngombe filho de Kambole e de Niangombe. Diario de Viagem na Zona Libertada pelo M P L A . Luanda . Ngombe son of Kambole and Niangombe. Travelogue in the Zone Liberated by the M P L A . [s.n.] . pt . 1976 . pdf. 71 pages, including a photo portrait of the author.

Quote

The first lines of Wendel's poem We Shall Return, Luanda are:

Notes and References

1. Book: Ulli . Beier . Gerald . Moore . The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry . The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry . . London . 9780140424720 . 466152546 . 2007 . 4th . . 303. 448 pages. First edition 1998.
2. Angolan Writers Bloom in Independent Climate . James . Brooke . nytimes.com . . January 3, 1985 . 18, Section C . 14 November 2024.
3. Web site: Find items in libraries near you . 2024 . OCLC, Inc. . 10 November 2024 . search.worldcat.org. Search for Ngudia Wendel.
4. Web site: Pesquisa bibliográfica . Bibliographical search . memoria-africa.ua.pt . O Portal das Memórias de África e do Oriente (The Portal of Memories of Africa and the Orient). Universidade de Aveiro. Fundação Portugal-Africa. . . pt . 14 November 2024.