Black Matter

Recognised as one of the most striking voices of the new generation of the Republic of Angola, Kalunga is now establishing himself in Portugal as a reference in cultural intervention. His intense and provocative writing places him at the centre of an urgent dialogue between memory and the future.

In Black Matter, the author presents dense and multifaceted poetry, where the word becomes an instrument of questioning and creation. The work explores themes such as time, pain, hope and the human condition, leading the reader through invisible territories of existence and challenging them to think beyond the obvious.

With a strongly imagistic and philosophical language, the poems bring together the intimate and the collective, the sacred and the everyday, raising questions that echo far beyond the act of reading, such as the provocative question: “How does one sow a human being?”

Black Matter thus emerges as an essential book for those seeking contemporary poetry that is committed, restless and transformative.