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'''José de Fontes Pereira''' (born 1838 in [[Luanda]] - died May 1891) was a radical  [[Angola]]n lawyer-journalist and writer.
==Career==
Considered an early Angolan nationalist and [[Cultural assimilation|assimilado]], Pereira took advantage of a relatively [[Freedom of the press|free press]] in Angola from 1870-1890 to question [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] obligations and control over Angola. He addressed topics such as the export of black Angolans to [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]an plantations, coerced labor within the colony, inefficiency, corruption and racial discrimination, amongst many others.
Writing for the literate Portuguese settler population of Angola, Pereira wrote mostly in the [[Portuguese language]]. Pereira lost his job and was put on trial when, in 1890, he suggested that the [[British Empire|British]] should take over colonial administration of the colony due to Portuguese incompetence. He died 16 months later in May 1891 of natural causes.
==External links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/11chapter9.shtml The Story of Africa: Europe and Africa 1800-1914 bbc.co.uk]
==Sources==
* Eduardo A. Estevam Santos (2020). Imprensa, raça e civilização: José de Fontes Pereira e o pensamento intelectual angolano no século XIX. ''Afro-Ásia'', núm. 61. doi: 10.9771/aa.v0i61.31466 ([https://www.redalyc.org/jatsRepo/770/77065180004/html/index.html  Open access])
* "Angola Is Whose House?" Early Stirrings of Angolan Nationalism and Protest, 1822-1910 by Douglas L. Wheeler, Journal of African Historical Studies, 1969
* Wheeler, Douglas L. (1970). An early Angolan protest: the radical journalism of José de Fontes Pereira (1823-1891). In Rotberg et al., ''Protest and power in black Africa'' (pp.854-874). New York: Oxford University Press.
* Chilcote, Ronald Hodell & California. University, (1972). The journalism of José de Fontes Pereira (1823-1891). In ''Protest and resistance in Angola and Brazil : comparative studies'' (pp. 76-78). Berkeley[, Calif. etc.]: University of California Press.
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[[Category:Angolan newspaper journalists]]
[[Category:19th-century journalists]]
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[[Category:19th-century male writers]]
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