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{{Infobox anthem
|title         = Angola Avante!
|english_title = Onwards 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: "Onwards 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|only party]] in Angola until 1992.

==Lyrics==
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:'''''Angola Avante'' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]])'''<ref name=NA>{{cite web|title=Angola – ''Angola Avante''|url=http://www.nationalanthems.me/angola-angola-avante/|date=|accessdate=August 16, 2014|work=|publisher=NationalAnthems.me}}</ref>

:''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: (2×)
::''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 (2×)
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:'''Onwards 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×)''
::Onwards, 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 (2×)''

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:'''[[Kongo language|Kongo]] translation'''<ref name=NA/>

: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: (2×)''
::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 (2×)''
|}

==History==
"Angola Avante" was composed by Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas (1939–).<ref name=CIA>{{cite web|title=Angola|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html|date=|accessdate=August 16, 2014|work=The World Factbook|publisher=CIA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Rui_Alberto_Vieira_Dias_Mingas/18640.htm|date=|accessdate=August 16, 2014|work=Naxos.com|publisher=Naxos Records}}</ref>  The lyrics to the song were penned by Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro<ref name=CIA/> (1941–), an author who studied in [[Huambo]] and is affiliated with both the country's Writer Union and Union of Artists and Composers.<ref name=dictionary>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=4A5NM4IeBXgC&pg=PA170|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=May 5, 2011|last=James|first=W. Martin|page=170}}</ref>  He is one of the best-selling writers in the capital city [[Luanda]] – according to an "informal survey" conducted in July 2003<ref name=dictionary/> – and writes about "everyday life" in the country using [[satire]] and [[irony]].<ref name=dictionary/>  The song was officially designated as the country's national anthem in 1975, when the country gained independence on November 11 of that year.<ref name=CIA/>  It is enshrined under Article 164 of the [[constitution of Angola]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=8VZo8Lx93sUC&pg=PA182|title=Angola Country: Strategic Information and Developments|publisher=International Business Publications|date=March 20, 2009|page=182}}</ref>

===Proposed changes===
The anthem's lyrics refer to several key events in the history of the MPLA.  However, this has been rendered "obsolete" since the end of the [[single-party state]] in 1992.<ref name=guide>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qM5XAAAAYAAJ&q=angola+avante&dq=angola+avante|title=The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems: Volume 2|first=James|last=Minahan|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=December 1, 2009|page=776}}</ref>  As a result, there have been efforts to modify the national anthem, along with other national symbols.<ref name=guide/><ref>{{cite news|title=Lessons learned in Angola|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F163DF9AE83A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=July 9, 1995|page=B4|first=Jonas|last=Savimbi|accessdate=August 16, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Times}}</ref>  However, none of these have come to fruition, and the anthem remains unchanged as of 2014.<ref name=CIA/>

==Context of lyrics==
The lyrics of "Angola Avante" allude to how the country and its people will progress forward in the future.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Power|first=Marcus|year=2012|title=Angola 2025: The Future of the 'World's Richest Poor Country' as Seen through a Chinese Rear-View Mirror|journal=Antipode|volume=44|issue=3|page=995|publisher=Wiley Online Library|accessdate=August 16, 2014|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00896.x/full}} {{registration required}}</ref>  It has been classified by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'''s [[Ivan Hewett]] as one of several contemporary national anthems that convey "a more martial tone" inspired by "[[La Marseillaise]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=National anthems – must we hear more of them?|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8663865/National-anthems-must-we-hear-more-of-them.html|date=July 26, 2011|first=Ivan|last=Hewett|accessdate=August 16, 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The name of the national anthem is used as a nickname for an inter-community football competition held to boost sports activities both in Angola and among people from the [[Portuguese-speaking African countries]] (PALOP) living in [[Portugal]].<ref name="2011 tournament">{{cite news|title=Angola and Cape Verde in 'Angola Avante' cup finals|url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2011/10/44/Angola-and-Cape-Verde-Angola-Avante-cup-finals,32a4f58c-fb21-410f-9e45-d0667e9f2675.html|date=November 2, 2011|accessdate=August 16, 2014|publisher=Angola News Agency (ANGOP)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816105449/http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2011/10/44/Angola-and-Cape-Verde-Angola-Avante-cup-finals,32a4f58c-fb21-410f-9e45-d0667e9f2675.html|archivedate=August 16, 2014}}</ref>  Hosted in Portugal in 2011 and 2013, the latter tournament featured teams from [[Brazil]], [[Mozambique]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], and [[São Tomé and Príncipe]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Country through to final of 'Angola Avante' football tournament|url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2013/10/45/Country-through-final-Angola-Avante-football-tournament,b77df3bc-80d6-49d8-9b1c-ea537a63c42c.html|date=November 5, 2013|accessdate=August 16, 2014|publisher=Angola News Agency (ANGOP)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816012629/http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2013/10/45/Country-through-final-Angola-Avante-football-tournament,b77df3bc-80d6-49d8-9b1c-ea537a63c42c.html|archivedate=August 16, 2014}}</ref>  The 2011 sporting event coincided with and honoured the 36th anniversary of the independence of Angola.<ref name="2011 tournament"/>

==References==
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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]

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