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{{Short description|National anthem of Angola}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Angola Avante''}}
{{Infobox anthem
| title         = {{lang|pt|italic=no|Angola Avante}}
| english_title = Forward Angola<ref>{{cite web |title=Angola Constitution |url=https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/5622 |website=WIPO |access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref>
| image         = File:Emblem of Angola.svg
| image_size    = 
| prefix        = National
| country       = {{AGO}}
| author        = [[Manuel Rui]]
| lyrics_date   = 1975
| composer      = [[Ruy Mingas]]
| music_date    = 
| adopted       = {{Start date and age|1975}}
| sound         = Angolan-National-Anthem-_US-Navy-Band.ogg
| sound_title   = [[U.S. Navy Band]] instrumental version
}}

"'''{{lang|pt|italic=no|Angola Avante}}'''" ({{Langx|en|"Forward Angola"}}, {{Literal translation|"Angola Forward"}}) is the [[national anthem]] of [[Angola]]. [[Ruy Mingas]] composed the music, while the lyrics were authored by [[Manuel Rui]].  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 [[One-party state|only party]] in Angola until 1992.

== History ==
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"Angola Avante" was composed by Ruy Mingas.<ref name=CIA>{{cite web|title=Angola|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/angola/|access-date=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|access-date=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=https://books.google.com/books?id=4A5NM4IeBXgC&pg=PA170|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=May 5, 2011|last=James|first=W. Martin|page=170|isbn=9780810874589}}</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 11 November that year.<ref name=CIA/>  It is enshrined under Article 164 of the [[constitution of Angola]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VZo8Lx93sUC&pg=PA182|title=Angola Country: Strategic Information and Developments|publisher=International Business Publications|date=March 20, 2009|page=182|isbn=9781438701677}}</ref>

=== Proposed changes ===
Its lyrics refer to several key events in the history of the MPLA.  However, this has been rendered "obsolete" since the end of [[People's Republic of Angola|the one-party state]] in 1992.<ref name=guide>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qM5XAAAAYAAJ&q=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|isbn=9780313345005}}</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|access-date=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/>

== 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|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00896.x}} {{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=https://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|access-date=August 16, 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

The latter third of both verses is considered refrain and repeated; the chorus is only repeated on single-verse renditions.<ref>{{cite act|type=Lei|index=14/18|date=2018|article=art. 13|article-type= |legislature= |title=Lei que Estabelece as Regras sobre a Deferência e a Utilização dos Símbolos Nacionais, nomeadamente a Bandeira Nacional, a Insígnia Nacional e o Hino Nacional|script-title= |trans-title=Act that Establishes the Rules on Deference and Utilization of the National Symbols, namely the National Flag, the National Insignia and the National Anthem|institution= |location=Angola|page= |url=https://angolex.com/paginas/leis/lei-que-estabelece-as-regras-sobre-a-deferencia-e-a-utilizacao-dos-simbolos-nacionais-14a-18a.html#a13|access-date=November 22, 2025|via=AngoLEX|language=pt}}</ref>

=== Portuguese (official language) ===
{|class="wikitable"
!Portuguese original<ref>{{cite web |title=Hino Angolano |url=https://consuladoangolarj.org/hino/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206204624/https://consuladoangolarj.org/hino/ |archive-date=2019-12-06 |access-date=2019-08-23 |website=República de Angola Consulado Geral no Rio de Janeiro}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.ao/constituicao-an/files/assets/seo/page88.html|website=ConstituicaoRepublicaAngola|title=Anexo III – Hino Nacional, "Angola Avante"|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref>
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] transcription{{efn|See [[Help:IPA/Portuguese]] and [[Angolan Portuguese#Phonology|Angolan Portuguese § Phonology]].}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"
|<poem>{{lang|pt|italic=no|'''I'''
Ó [[Angola|Pátria]], nunca mais esqueceremos
Os heróis do [[Angolan War of Independence|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. 𝄇

{{small|'''Coro:'''}}
𝄆 Angola, avante!
Revolução, pelo Poder Popular!
Pátria Unida, Liberdade,
Um só povo, uma só Nação! 𝄇

'''II'''
Levantemos nossas vozes libertadas,
Para glória dos povos Africanos,
Marchemos combatentes Angolanos,
Solidários com os povos oprimidos,
𝄆 Orgulhosos lutaremos pela Paz,
Com as forças progressistas do mundo. 𝄇

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Coro'''}}}}}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|'''1'''
[ɔ ˈpa.tɾjɐ {{!}} ˈnũ.kɐ majz‿ɨʃ.kɨ.sɨ.ˈɾe.muʃ]
[uz‿e.ˈɾɔjʒ‿du ˈkwa.tɾu dɨ fɨ.vɨ.ˈɾɐj.ɾu ǁ]
[ɔ ˈpa.tɾjɐ {{!}} nɔʃ saw.ˈdɐ.muz‿uʃ tewʃ ˈfi.ʎuʃ]
[tõ.ˈba.duʃ ˈpe.ɫɐ ˈnɔ.sɐ‿ĩ.dɨ.pẽ.ˈdẽ.sjɐ ‖]
𝄆 [õ.ˈɾɐ.muz‿u pɐ.ˈsa.du‿i‿ɐ ˈnɔ.sɐ‿iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ {{!}}]
[kõʃ.tɾu.ˈĩ.du nu tɾɐ.ˈba.ʎu‿u ˈɔ.mẽj̃ ˈno.vu ‖] 𝄇

{{small|'''[ˈko.ɾu]'''}}
𝄆 [ɐ̃.ˈgɔ.ɫɐ‿ɐ.ˈvɐ̃.tɨ ‖]
[ʁɨ.vu.ɫu.ˈsɐ̃w {{!}} ˈpe.ɫu pu.ˈde(ɾ) pu.pu.ˈɫa(ɾ) ‖]
[ˈpa.tɾjɐ‿u.ˈni.dɐ {{!}} ɫi.bɨɾ.ˈda.dɨ {{!}}]
[ũ sɔ ˈpo.vu‿u.mɐ sɔ nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w ‖] 𝄇

'''2'''
[ɫɨ.vɐ̃.ˈte.muʒ‿ˈnɔ.sɐʒ‿ˈvo.zɨʒ‿ɫi.bɨɾ.ˈta.dɐʃ {{!}}]
[pɐ.ɾɐ ˈgɫɔ.ɾjɐ duʃ ˈpo.vuz‿ɐ.fɾi.ˈkɐ.nuʃ {{!}}]
[maɾ.ˈʃe.muʃ kõ.bɐ.ˈtẽ.tɨz‿ɐ̃.gu.ˈɫɐ.nuʃ {{!}}]
[su.ɫi.ˈda.ɾjuʃ kõ uʃ ˈpo.vuz‿ˌɔ.pɾi.ˈmi.duʃ {{!}}]
𝄆 [ˌɔɾ.gu.ˈʎo.zuʒ‿ɫu.tɐ.ˈɾe.muʃ ˈpe.ɫɐ paʃ {{!}}]
[kõ ɐʃ ˈfoɾ.sɐʃ pɾu.gɾɨ.ˈsi.ʃtɐʒ‿du ˈmũ.du ǁ] 𝄇

{{small|'''[ˈko.ɾu]'''}}}}</poem>
|}

=== Kikongo (national language) ===
{| class="wikitable"
![[Kongo language|Kongo]] lyrics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wizi-kongo.com/aprender-kikongo/hino-nacional-de-angola-em-kikongo/|website=Wizi-Kongo|title=Hino nacional de Angola em Kikongo|language=pt|date=2016-10-16|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref>
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] transcription{{efn|See [[Kongo language#Phonology|Kongo language § Phonology]].}}
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"
|<poem>{{lang|kg|italic=no|'''I'''
E nsi'eto, 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 tutungânga muntu’a mpa. 𝄇}}

{{small|'''Chorale:'''}}
{{lang|kg|italic=no|𝄆 Ngola, nda kuntwala!
Nsobolo muna lendo kya n'kangu!
Nsi'a vukana, (muna) kimpwanza!
Nkang'umosi, n'toto mosi! 𝄇

'''II'''
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. 𝄇}}

{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorale'''}}}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|'''1'''
/e nsijetɔ {{!}} katuleⁿdi kubaʋilakana kɔ/
/n̩.nuːŋi mʲa kʲa n̩.nja kʲa ŋɔⁿda n̩zɔle ǁ/
/e nsi {{!}} kuːⁿda tukuːⁿdaːŋa bana baku/
/baziːᵐbana mu djaᵐbu dja kimpwaːⁿza kʲetɔ ǁ/
𝄆 /zitisa tuzitisaːŋa maʋjɔka je kinkulu kʲetɔ {{!}}/
/mu salu kʲetɔ {{!}} tuŋa tutuŋaːŋa muntuwa mpa ǁ/ 𝄇}}

{{small|'''Chorus:'''}}
{{IPA|wrap=none|𝄆 /ŋɔla {{!}} ⁿda kuntwala ǁ/
/nsɔbɔlɔ muna leⁿdɔ kʲa n̩kaŋu ǁ/
/nsija ʋukana {{!}} (muna) kimpwaⁿza ǁ/
/ŋkaŋumɔsi {{!}} n̩tɔtɔ mɔsi ǁ/ 𝄇

'''2'''
/tutuᵐbula ŋɔlɔ ⁿdiŋa zetɔ zajaᵐbulwa/
/mu djaᵐbu dja ŋkaŋu mʲa aːfrika ǁ/
/makesa ma ŋɔla {{!}} djata tudjata/
/muna kintwadi je ŋkaŋu mina mu kiᵑkɔle ǁ/
𝄆 /jiŋa {{!}} mu jadisa ŋeᵐba {{!}} nwana tunwana ᵐʋita/
/ʋamɔsi je ŋɔlɔ zawɔnsɔ za ntɔmɔsɔnɔ ja ⁿza ǁ/ 𝄇}}

{{small|{{yesitalic|'''Chorus'''}}}}</poem>
|}

=== English translation ===
{| style="margin-left: 1em;"
|- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"
|<poem>'''I'''
Oh Fatherland, we shall never forget
The heroes of the Fourth of February.
Oh Fatherland, we salute your children
Who died for our Independence.
𝄆 We honour the past and our History,
As by our work we build the New Man. 𝄇

{{small|'''Chorus:'''}}
𝄆 Forward, Angola!
Revolution through the power of the People:
A United Country, Freedom,
One People, one Nation! 𝄇

'''II'''
Let us raise our liberated voices
For 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. 𝄇

{{small|'''''Chorus'''''}}<ref name="lyricsondemand">{{cite web|url=https://www.lyricsondemand.com/n/nationalanthemlyrics/angolanationalanthemlyrics.html|website=Lyrics on Demand|title=Angola National Anthem Lyrics|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref></poem>
|}

== In popular culture ==
The name of the national anthem is used as a nickname for an inter-community association 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 |access-date=August 16, 2014 |publisher=Angola News Agency (ANGOP) |archive-url=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%2C32a4f58c-fb21-410f-9e45-d0667e9f2675.html |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</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 |access-date=August 16, 2014 |publisher=Angola News Agency (ANGOP) |archive-url=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%2Cb77df3bc-80d6-49d8-9b1c-ea537a63c42c.html |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  The 2011 sporting event coincided with and honoured the 36th anniversary of the independence of Angola.<ref name="2011 tournament"/>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041019042629/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/ANTHEMS/Angola.mp3 MP3 file]

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