The Minister of Culture, Filipe Zau, arrived on Monday afternoon in the city of Dundo, Lunda-Norte province for the central celebration ceremony of the National Hero's Day, taking place Tuesday.Received at Deolinda do Kamaquenzo airport, by the local governor, Filomena Miza and members of his government, Filipe Zau will work for two days in Lunda-Norte, where, in addition to the central act of the National Hero's Day, he will open a seven-classroom school in the urban district of Chitato.Also on Tuesday, Filipe Zau will visit the Dundo Regional Museum and the Book and Health fairs.The National Hero's Day is dedicated to António Agostinho Neto who was born on September 17, 1922 - 102 years ago - in the village of Caxicane, municipality of Icolo e Bengo, province of Luanda. He died of illness in Moscow on September 10, 1979.António Agostinho Neto took over the leadership of the MPLA, of which he had been honorary president since 1960, and proclaimed National Independence on November 11, 1975, thus beco ming the highest representative of the nation.Source: Angola Press News Agency
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