Ngudia Wendel

Ngudia Wendel
Born	1940 (age 84–85) 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Publications

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

Poetry

• Wendel, Ngudia (1973). Noi ritorneremo, Luanda[We shall return, Luanda!] (in Italian). Translated by Segatori, Bruna Bozzetti. Forlì, Italy: Tipografia moderna. OCLC   77984572. 77 pages. Translated poetry.
• Wendel, Ngudia (1976). Nós voltaremos, Luanda![We shall return, Luanda!] (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola. OCLC   56428961. 37 pages. Poetry.

in anthologies

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

Prose

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

Quote

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

Luanda, your are like a white seagull

on the ocean crest -
bright streets under the white sun,
flight of green palm trees...
but we have seen you grow black, Luanda,
since the bitter fourth of February ^[5]

...

— Ngudia Wendel, We Shall Return, Luanda, Beier & Moore 2007, pp. 38-39.

References

1. Beier, Ulli; Moore, Gerald (2007). The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry. Penguin Classics (4th ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 303. ISBN   9780140424720. OCLC   466152546. 448 pages. First edition 1998.
2. Brooke, James (January 3, 1985). "Angolan Writers Bloom in Independent Climate". The New York Times : 18, Section C. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
3. "Find items in libraries near you". search.worldcat.org. OCLC, Inc. 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024. Search for Ngudia Wendel.
4. "Pesquisa bibliográfica" [Bibliographical search]. memoria-africa.ua.pt (in Portuguese). Aveiro, Portugal: O Portal das Memórias de África e do Oriente (The Portal of Memories of Africa and the Orient). Universidade de Aveiro. Fundação Portugal-Africa. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
5. February 4, 1961, marked the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Angola, refer to Angolan_War_of_Independence#The_4_and_10_February_events_at_Luanda.