Mozambique: Government Promises Dignified Funeral for Malangatana

Mozambique’s Minister of Culture, Armando Artur, has promised that the government will provide the country’s greatest painter, Malangatana Valente Nguenha, “with a funeral appropriate to his stature, since he is much more than an artist – he is a part of us”. The 74 year old Malangatana had been in poor health for some time, but continued working …