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{{Infobox anthem
|title         = Angola Avante!
|english_title = Forward Angola!
|image         = Flag-map 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!''' (Forward Angola!) is the [[national anthem]] of [[Angola]]. It was written by Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro (1941) and composed by Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas (1939).

It was adopted in 1975 upon independence from [[Portugal]].
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== Lyrics ==
{| cellpadding="6"; align="left"
! Portuguese lyrics
! English translation
! [[Kongo language|Kongo]] translation
|-
|valign="top"|
{{lang|pt|
:Ó Pátria, nunca mais esqueceremos
:Os heróis do quatro de Fevereiro.
:Ó Pátria, nós saudamos os teus filhos
:Tombados pela nossa Independência.
:Honramos o passado e a nossa História,
:Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo,
:Honramos o passado e a nossa História,
:Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo.
::''Coro: (2x)''
::Angola, avante!
::Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!
::Pátria Unida, Liberdade,
::Um só povo, uma só Nação!
:Levantemos nossas vozes libertadas
:Para glória dos povos africanos.
:Marchemos, combatantes angolanos,
: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 (2x)''}}

|valign="top"|
: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: (2x)''
::Forward, 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.
:We shall fight proudly for Peace
:Along with the progressive forces of the world.
:We shall fight proudly for Peace
:Along with the progressive forces of the world.
::''Chorus (2x)''

|valign="top"| {{lang|kg|
:E nsi'eto, si katulendi kubavilakana ko
:N'nûngi mya kya n'nya kya ngond'a n'zole.
:E nsi, kûnda tukûndânga bana baku
:Bazîmbana mu diambu dya kimpwânza kyeto.
:Zitisa tuzitisânga mavioka ye kinkulu kyeto.
:Mu salu kyeto, tunga tungânga (ki)muntu'(kya) ampa,
:Zitisa tuzitisânga mavioka ye kinkulu kyeto.
:Mu salu kyeto, tunga tungânga muntu'ampa.
::''Chorus: (2x)''
::Ngola, nda kuntwala!
::Nsobolo muna lendo kya n'kangu!
::Nsi'a vukana, (muna) kimpwanza!
::Nkang'umosi, n'toto mosi!
:Tutumbula ngolo ndinga zeto zayambulwa
:Mu dyambu dya nkangu mya Afrika.
:Makesa ma Ngola, diata tudiata
:Muna kintwadi ye nkangu mina mu kinkole.
:Yinga, mu yadisa ngemba, nwana tunwana mvita
:Vamosi ye ngolo zawonso za ntomosono ya nza.
:Yinga, nwana tu nwana mu dyambu dya ngemba
:Vamosi ye ngolo zawonso za ntomosono ya nza.
::''Chorus (2x)''}}
|}
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==External links==
* [http://nationalanthems.me/angola-angola-avante/ Angola: ''Angola Avante'' - Audio of the national anthem of Angola, with information and lyrics]

{{National Anthems of Africa}}

[[Category:Angolan music]]
[[Category:National anthems]]
[[Category:National symbols of Angola]]

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