Archaeologist and former Minister of Culture in Angola
Maria da Piedade de Jesus is an archaeologist and former Minister of Culture in Angola.
Biography.
Maria da Piedade de Jesus was born in Moçâmedes, Angola. She is an archaeologist who has worked on lithic technology from the Palaeolithic period and on artefacts from the site of Mbanza Kongo. She studied at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University; her MA (2004), Master's of Research (2005), and PhD (2010) all focused on a collection of lithic artefacts from the site of Dungo in Angola. Her PhD was entitled "Recherches sur le paléolithique inférieur de la bande côtière d'Angola: étude comparative techno-typologique et tracéologique du matériel lithique des sites: de Dungo IV; Dungo V; Dungo XII" ("Research into the Lower Palaeolithic of the coastal region of Angoloa: comparative techno-typological and traceological study of lithic material of the sites Dungo IV, Dungo V, Dungo XII").
da Piedade de Jesus has worked as the provincial director of culture in Namibe province and as Director General of the Angolan National Institute of Cultural Heritage. She was appointed Secretary of State for Culture in 2018, and as Minister of Culture in June 2019, a role she held until April 2020.
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