Henrique Abranches

Q: When did Henrique Abranches die?

Henrique Abranches died on August 8, 2004.

Q: How old was Henrique Abranches when they died?

Henrique Abranches was 71 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Henrique Abranches's cause of death?

The cause of death of Henrique Abranches was stroke.

Henrique (or Enrique) Abranches (September 29, 1932 – August 8, 2004) was an Angolan writer and anthropologist born in Lisbon, Portugal.

Career

In 1975, he went to Angola, where he acquired citizenship.^{[citation needed]}

With Pepetela, he founded in Algiers the Angolan Studies Center, where they worked on writing a handbook about the history of Angola. After independence, he was committed to cultural intervention. He was a teacher in higher education, besides being a poet, fiction writer, essayist and playwright.

He was also the Director of the National Museum of Slavery, Angola.^{[citation needed]}