What is Viriato Clemente da Cruz?
'''Viriato Clemente da Cruz''', an [[Angola]]n [[poet]] and [[politician]], was born in 1928 in [[Kikuvo]] ([[Porto Amboim]]), [[Angola]] and died in [[Beijing]], [[China]] on 13 June 1973. He is considered one of the most important Angolan [[poet]]s of his time. He wrote [[poem]]s in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Angolan]] [[language]]s. He took part in the fight to free Angola from [[Portugal|Portuguese]] rulers. ==Political work== He was educated in [[Luanda]], the capital of Angola, which was then ruled by [[Portugal]]. As a young man in 1957 he went to [[Paris]], where he met [[Mario Pinto de Andrade]], another Angolan [[poet]] and [[politician]], who helped with his [[political]] [[idea]]s. In the 1960s they helped create the group called the [[Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] ([[MPLA]]—from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] name ''{{lang|pt|Movimento Pela Libertação de Angola}}''). The [[MPLA]] was in not in Angola at this time, but was first in [[Conakry]] (the capital of [[Guinea]]) and then later in [[Leopoldville]], Congo (now [[Kinshasa]] the capital of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo|DRC]]). Viriato da Cruz became [[secretary-general]] of the MPLA. After some time he and others, did not agree with some people in the group and this led to fighting in the streets of Leopoldville. ==Exiled in China== Viriato da Cruz went to [[Beijing]], [[China]] in the 1960s because of the fighting in the MPLA. At first, the Chinese [[government]] welcomed him. He was well known because he had helped create the MPLA. The Chinese wanted Viriato da Cruz to help them bring [[Maoist]] [[socialism]] to [[Africa]]. This was a big problem for Viriato and his family. His ideas were not the same as the [[Maoist]]s. He thought that stronger [[country|countries]] can not bring a [[socialism|socialist]] [[revolution]] to other places. He was very brave and did not change his ideas. This was against the [[China|Chinese]] [[Maoist]] [[idea]] of [[world]] [[revolution]]. Viriato da Cruz wanted