Interview with Pedro Pereira Lopes

Abstract

Digital interview conducted with the Mozambican writer Pedro Pereira Lopes on September 25, 2017. He completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration, master's degree in public policy from the Beijing University Governance School, and is currently a research professor at the Higher Institute of International Relations in Maputo (Mozambique). In addition to his academic and professional background, he draws his attention as a storyteller and poet, an exercise that interests us specifically. He has five titles published in Mozambique, four for childhood and youth, such as O homem dos 7 cabelos (2012), Kanova e o segredo da caveira (2013), Viagem pelo mundo num grão de pólen e outros poemas (2014), A história do João Gala-Gala (2017) and for the adult audience O mundo que iremos gaguejar de cor (2017). Two of his titles Kanova e o segredo da caveira (2017) and Viagem pelo mundo num grão de pólen e outros poemas (2015) were published by the Brazilian publisher Kapulana, located in the city of São Paulo, in partnership with the Portuguese School of Mozambique.