Eldevina Materula

Eldevina Materula
in 2022
Minister of Culture and Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2020
President	Filipe Nyusi
Preceded by	Silva Armando Dunduru
Personal details
Born	1982 Maputo

Eldevina "Kika" Materula (born 1982) is a Mozambican oboist who has served as Minister of Culture and Tourism in the Cabinet of Mozambique since 19 January 2020.^[1][2]

Life

Materula was born in Maputo in 1982. At the age of seven she began studying piano and recorder at the National School of Music. In 1995, aged 13, she began studying the oboe, under an agreement with the Escola Profissional de Música de Évora, in Portugal , which selected her, along with five other students, to study at that institution.

In 2016, she was made an Officer of the Order of Prince Henry by the President of Portugal.^[3]

References

1. "Materula: The Minister leaving Casa da Música orchestra to serve her country – Mozambique". Club of Mozambique. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
2. "Eldevina Materula: "Parte do que sou tem influência angolana"". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 7 June 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
3. "Estrangeiros com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2021.