Villas&Golfe África Magazine - Issue 62

In this issue

Feel Angola
With the smell of warm earth, and embracing nature at its purest, in these pages we bring you people, places where we have been and unique projects. We tread this soil, of warm people, of faces that mark destinations, of stories that stay in our memory. We begin with the words of the Ambassador of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in Angola, Protasio Edu Edjang Nnaga, who takes on a tour of the history of his country and the path taken until it joined the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). We continue with Tecnovia, a company working in construction and public works, in a narrative through the eyes of the CEO, Ricardo Santos. We head down the road to the province of Cuanza Norte, where surprises await us as we fill our lungs with fresh air and get to know the Fazenda Irmãos Chaves project – a rural tourism resort which has everything it takes to become a place of choice in the country. We unveil the canvases and the soul of Cristiano Mangovo, a native of Cabinda, who has made a name for himself by taking his gift to the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Angolan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. And as art is a portrait of life, in this issue we have also included the Europa Oxalá exhibition, which brings together 21 European artists with origins in the African colonies, on show at the main gallery of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon until August 22. Among so many other reasons we might have to travel, read and live, it is good that we remember that it is through people, through land, through history, through experience, that we become better people, even if the world shows us realities we never expected. Happy reading!