This is the best African novel I've read. It astounds me that bad writers like Ben Okri are celebrated, while Jamba's brilliant account of civil war is forgotten. It's hard to find, but if you can get it, you'll be glad you did.

This book changed my life. I'm an Angolan living in the "exile" (Hosi childhood was in my hometown), for almost 8 years and I really enjoyed the way Hosi sees the Angolan struggle in this book. Even though I desagree with his party's ideias. I give a lot of credits to Jamba because this book is foul of corauge and it's a "wake call" for a cause that politics are trying to keep away from the people, and it's a cause suitable for all the Angolans regardless their political party. Angola is ours and we can never turn our back to it. "antes morrer na batalha do que ver a disgraca do nosso templo" it means death before dishonor. One love for all the Angolan Patriots

Since I read "Patriots" I know that everything that I read from Sousa Jamba is going to have a deep impact. He's defenetly my favourite writer, I like the way he fills the words with emotions and realism, I got into I point where I could see myself as Nando wandering on the streets of Salvador. I finsh the book in a day, because once I started I couldn't stop, I recommended this book to everybody but especially for adolocents