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'''Angola Avante!''' (Forward Angola!) is the [[national anthem]] of [[Angola]]. It was adopted in [[1975]] upon independence from [[Portugal]].

==Portuguese original==
O Pátria, nunca mais esqueceremos <br>
Os heróis do quatro de Fevereiro.<br>
O Pátria, nós saudamos os teus filhos<br>
Tombados pela nossa Independência.<br>
Honramos o passado e a nossa História,<br>
Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo,<br>
''(repeat previous two lines)''

CHORUS<br>
Angola, avante!<br>
Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!<br>
Pátria Unida, Liberdade,<br>
Um só povo, uma só Nação!<br>
''(repeat chorus)''

Levantemos nossas vozes libertadas<br>
Para glória dos povos africanos.<br>
Marchemos, combatentes angolanos,<br>
Solidários com os povos oprimidos.<br>
Orgulhosos lutaremos Pela Paz<br>
Com as forças progressistas do mundo.<br>
''(repeat previous two lines)''

CHORUS

===English Translation===
O Fatherland, we shall never forget<br>
The heroes of the Fourth of February. <br>
O Fatherland, we salute your sons <br>
Who died for our Independence. <br>
We honor the past and our history <br>
As by our work we build the New Man.<br>
''(repeat previous two lines)''

CHORUS<br>
Forward, Angola!<br>
Revolution through the power of the People!<br>
A United Country, Freedom, <br>
One People, one Nation!<br>
''(repeat chorus)''

Let us raise our liberated voices<br>
To the glory of the peoples of Africa.<br>
We shall march, Angolan fighters, <br>
In solidarity with oppressed peoples.<br>
We shall fight proudly for Peace <br>
Along with the progressive forces of the world.<br>
''(repeat previous two lines)''

CHORUS

== External link ==
[http://www.angola.org.uk/sounds/angola.mid MIDI file]

[[Category:Angola]]
[[Category:National anthems]]

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