The singer Zeca Afonso lived in Belmonte for part of his childhood, between 1938 and 1940.
Composers who represented the spirit of the revolution include Zeca Afonso and Sérgio Godinho; and poets who are considered influential for their revolutionary works include Ary dos Santos and Manuel Alegre.
In 1930, his parents travelled to Angola, a Portuguese colony at the time, where his father had been placed as a judge in the city of Silva Porto (present-day Kuito).
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On 29 March 1974, there was a full house at the Coliseu, in Lisbon, for José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, José Jorge Letria, Manuel Freire, José Barata Moura, Fernando Tordo, and many others, who ended the concert by singing Grândola, Vila Morena.
Afonso de Albuquerque | Zeca Afonso | Martim Afonso de Sousa | Afonso I of Portugal | Zeca Pagodinho | Pedro Afonso | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | Afonso V of Portugal | Afonso IV of Portugal | Afonso I of Kongo | Rafael Afonso de Sousa | NRP Afonso de Albuquerque | NRP ''Afonso de Albuquerque'' | Mauricio Afonso | Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal | Bernardo Álvarez Afonso | Afonso Dhlakama | Afonso Costa |