Editorial Fundza will launch the books A revolta dos bichos, by Miguel Ouana, and O romper da aurora, a collection of short stories by the winners of the FLIK 2022 Literary Contest, from 6 p.m. on October 18, at the Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo.

Illustrated by Ribeiro Micas, winner of the FLIK 2022 illustration contest, A revolta dos bichos is a children's tale that invites readers to appreciate a certain landscape of nature and to reflect on their everyday senses.

According to Miguel Ouana, "I bring in this tale the man-animal conflict as well as the need to preserve the environment. I put the man devastating the forest, putting the animals without a roof over their heads, which creates revolt.

They get together and do, like the men, the ceremony of evoking the ancestors, in order to restore their habitat, which has come to pass, but with unprecedented flooding in the men's village."

For Miguel Ouana, A revolta dos bichos and children's literature in general is fundamental because, besides stimulating children's imagination, it prepares them to become adult readers.

At the same launching ceremony, the book The crack of dawnwhich includes texts by 15 of the FLIK 2022 short story contest's nominees, all then students from Mozambican secondary schools.

Among the authors with short stories published in the collection are Fiorella Salato, Ayum Matimbe, and Emília Gimo, the first three winners of the FLIK 2022 Literary Contest.

The stories in the collection consisting of 69 pages, in general, bring different perspectives and looks at the reality and condition of Mozambicans. Sometimes, with a chilling and embarrassing originality.

At the Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, A revolta dos bichos and O romper da aurora will be presented by Alexandre Dunduro.