“This book constitutes a combined exhibition of memory and reflection about the nationalist phenomenon in Angola, based on the documented path of one of its authors, first in the context of the Portuguese colonial domination and liberation struggle and then in that of the independency and fight for peace in Angola. The 2^nd World War, the Chinese, Vietnamese and Cuban revolutions, the falling apart of the majority of the colonial empires, Cold War, the ideological conflict chino-soviet, the independence of Algeria, the 25^th of April in Portugal, o birth of nationalism in Angola, the armed struggle for its independency, the fights inside the Angolan nationalism, the struggle for freedom, democracy and peace in Angola, everything mentioned was the background and stage of action for Adolfo Maria during a big part of the tumultuous 20^th century.”