María Perpétua Candeias da Silva

María Perpétua Candeias da Silva (born 1932) is an Angolan Portuguese-language writer.

María Perpétua Candeias da Silva was born in 1932 in near Caconda in the Huíla Province of Angola. She became a language teacher, specializing in Umbundu. Her first story was "Nihova" (1949). She published two stories, "A mulher de duas cores" and "Falsos trilhos", together in 1959. O homem enfeitiçado. Sa da Bandeira: Püblicaçoes Imbondeiro 1961. 31 p. , illus. (Colecçâo Imbondeiro 20) Navionga, filha de branco. Lisbon: Agência-Geral do Ultramar 1966. 155 p. (Colecçâo Unidade.)