Sita Maria Dias Valles
Sita Maria Dias Valles
Angolan doctor and revolutionary killed in the 1977 Nitista purge
After the events of 27 May 1977 she fled with her partner, was captured three weeks later, convicted at a secret trial and died in custody; sources give differing dates for the killing.
Born in Angola, she was a doctor and revolutionary. She joined the Portuguese Communist Party and led its Communist Students' League (UEC) alongside Zita Seabra, and at the time of the 1974 Carnation Revolution she was in Moscow attending a Komsomol congress as the UEC's delegate. Returning to Angola in 1975, she joined the pro-Soviet orthodox wing around Nito Alves and José Van-Dúnem. Arrested after the events of 27 May 1977, she was convicted at a secret trial and died in custody; sources give conflicting dates for her death.
Career timeline
- 1974.04Attended a Komsomol congress in Moscow as UEC delegate
- 1975Returned to Angola; joined the pro-Soviet orthodox MPLA wing
- 1976–1977Ran the Committee of Revolutionary Intellectuals under the Department of Mass Organization (DOM) at Nito Alves's direction
- 1976–1977Supervisor-general of MPLA youth and mass organizations in Luanda
- 1977Arrested, secretly tried, died in custody