Former Minister of Justice Francisca Van Dunen, Brazilian musician Jota Pê, Angolan artist Cristiano Mangovo and Cape Verdean anthropologist Celeste Fortes are among the 100 most influential black personalities in Lusophony for Bantumen magazine.
The list of the ‘100 Most Influential Black Personalities in Lusofonia in 2024’ was released today at a ceremony in Lisbon, revealed the digital platform Bantumen.
This was the fourth edition of the ‘Power List Bantumen 100’, an initiative that celebrates the achievements and achievements of 100 personalities from Portuguese-speaking countries.
The list of 100 personalities includes boxer David Pina and musical artist Nelson Freitas (Cape Verde), social entrepreneur Maria Paulina “Vó Tutu” and filmmaker Viviane Ferreira (Brazil) or football player Gelson Dala and singer Anna Joyce (Angola).
From Guinea Bissau, names such as researcher and activist Sumaila Jaló and medical researcher Isaquel Silva appear; from Mozambique those of the Mozambican dancer and choreographer Idio Chichava and the model Miss Bacar; from Portugal, athlete Liliana Cá and actress Cláudia Semedo; and from S. Tomé and Príncipe the athlete Gorete Semedo and the teacher, essayist and researcher Inocência Mata, among others.
In total, 13% of the names on the list have Angola as their country of origin, 22% Brazil, 19% Cape Verde, 11% Guinea-Bissau, 15% Mozambique, 11% São Tomé and Príncipe, with 19% having a double nationality (Portuguese and from an African country with Portuguese as its official language).
The list is prepared in collaboration with several Portuguese-speaking media outlets and aims to highlight “the importance of the presence and voice of people of African descent in different social spheres”, from science to culture, communication, entrepreneurship, sport and activism.
In a statement, Bantumen highlights that, in addition to individual recognition, the initiative aims to promote sharing and reflection around cultural diversity and in the context of the last year of the International Decade for People of African Descent, established by the UN.
“This celebration is an opportunity to reinforce the importance of recognizing Afro-descendant rights and the fight against historical inequalities”, says the same information.
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