Amélia da Lomba


Maria Amélia Gomes Barros da Lomba do Amaral, known as Amélia da Lomba or Amélia Dalomba is an Angolan writer and journalist. She has also served as Secretary of the Missão Internacionalista Angolana. De Lomba was awarded the Medalha da Ordem do Vulcão in 2005.

Biography

She graduated in Psychology in Moscow. Back in Angola, she worked as a journalist, working for the Emissora Provincial de Cabinda, the Rádio Nacional de Angola, and the Jornal de Angola in Luanda. According to Luís Kandjimbo, da Lomba belongs to a group of contemporary female writers in Angola such as Ana Paula Tavares, Ana Santana and Lisa Castel, which he refers to as the "Generation of Uncertainties", writers who typically display anguish and melancholy in their works, expressing disappointment with the political and social conditions in the country. Works include Ânsia, Sacrossanto Refúgio and Noites ditas à chuva, a poetry book published by the UEA. Her poetry is included in anthologies and books such as Antologia da Poesia Feminina dos Palop, Antologia do Mar na Poesia Africana de Língua Portuguesa do Século XX, and Antologia O Amor tem Asas de Ouro. Da Lomba is a member of the Angolan Writers Union.
In addition to her published poems and articles, she has recorded CDs of Angolan lyrics and music. Da Lomba also served as Secretary of the Missão Internacionalista Angolana. She Lomba was awarded the Medalha da Ordem do Vulcão by the President of Cape Verde in 2005 and is the only non-Cape Verdean to be awarded to date.

Selected works