Born in Angola, in the city of Nova Lisboa (Huambo), in 1967. Winner of the North-South Prize from the Council of Europe in 1998. His work is represented in various public collections and numerous private collections in Portugal and abroad. He has also participated in several solo and group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. He was one of the 25 artists selected to participate in the official exhibition commemorating the “25 years of April 25th”. He is the author and illustrator of books of poems and short stories, with his first work “Nuandino Tiro” published by Contemporânea Editora.