António Jacinto

António Jacinto do Amaral Martins (28 September 1924 – 23 June 1991) was an Angolan poet and politician. He was also known by his pseudonym Orlando Tavora.

Selected poems "O grande desafio" (Portuguese; "The great challenge") "Poema da alienação" ("Poem of alienation") "Carta dum contratado" ("Letter of a contract worker") "Monangamba" (French adaptation and music setting by Colette Magny in 1964) "Canto interior de uma noite fantástica" ("Interior chant of a fantastic night") "Era uma vez (literally, "it was once"; can be translated as, "Once upon a time") "Bailarina negra" ("Black dancer") "Ah! Se pudésseis aqui ver poesia que não há!" ("Ah! If you could see that there is no poetry here!")

Quotes "Sur cette vaste plantation, ce n'est pas la pluie mais la sueur de mon front qui arrose les récoltes" (French, from poem "Monangamba"; literally: "On this vast plantation, it is not rain but the sweat from my brow that waters the harvests").