Luanda through its prisons: Luandino vieira’s papéis da prisão

Abstract

In this article, I analyze the Angolan author Luandino Vieira’s prison writings, collected in the 2015 volume Papéis da Prisão—Apontamentos, Diário, Correspondência (1692-1971). As part of this analysis, I discuss the role of colonial prisons under the Portuguese Estado Novo in the affirmation of Angolan national identity.