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{{Infobox anthem
|title         = Angola Avante!
|english_title = ForOnwards Angola!
|image         = Coat of arms of Angola.svg
|image_size    =
|prefix        = National
|country       = {{AGO}}
|author        = Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro
|lyrics_date   =
|composer      = Rui Mingas|Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas
|music_date    =
|adopted       = 1975
|sound         = Angola_Avante_instrumental.ogg
|sound_title   = Angola Avante (instrumental)
}}

'''Angola Avante!''' (English: "ForOnwards Angola") is the [[national anthem]] of the [[Angola|Republic of Angola]].  Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas composed the music, while the lyrics were authored by Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro.  It was adopted as the national anthem in November 1975, when the country gained its independence from [[Portugal]].  The lyrics make reference to several key events of the [[MPLA|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), which has been in power since independence and was the [[Single-party state|o(contracted; show full):''Solidários com os povos oprimidos.''
:''Orgulhosos lutaremos Pela Paz''
:''Com as forças progressistas do mundo.''
:''Orgulhosos lutaremos Pela Paz''
:''Com as forças progressistas do mundo.''
::Coro (2×)
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ForOnwards Angola (English translation)'''<ref name=NA/>

:O Fatherland, we shall never forget
:The heroes of the Fourth of February.
:O Fatherland, we salute your sons
:Who died for our Independence.
:We honor the past and our history
:As by our work we build the New Man.
:We honor the past and our history
:As by our work we build the New Man.
::''Chorus: (2×)''
::ForOnwards, Angola!
::Revolution through the power of the People!
::A United Country, Freedom,
::One People, one Nation!
:Let us raise our liberated voices
:To the glory of the peoples of Africa.
:We shall march, Angolan fighters,
:In solidarity with oppressed peoples.
(contracted; show full)* [http://nationalanthems.me/angola-angola-avante/ Angola: ''Angola Avante'' - Audio of the national anthem of Angola, with information and lyrics]

{{National Anthems of Africa}}
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[[Category:Angolan music]]
[[Category:African anthems]]
[[Category:National symbols of Angola]]