Ricardo Chibanga
Born in the Mafalala neighbourhood of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Ricardo Chibanga became, in 1971, the first Bantu African matador in the history of professional bullfighting. One of seven children, he began sneaking into the local Monumental bullring at age nine; by seventeen he had sailed for Lisbon on the invitation of businessman Alfredo Ovelha, apprenticing as a vaquero before training formally at Golegã and Coruche. His formal debut as matador came on August 15, 1971, at Seville's Real Maestranza — making him the seventeenth Portuguese bullfighter and the first of African descent to take the ring. Known as El Africano, he toured Spain, France, Mexico, the United States, and his native Mozambique, drawing audiences that included Picasso, Dalí, and Orson Welles. After retiring in 1999 he ran a portable bullring in Golegã, where he lived until his death.
“I carried Mafalala into every bullring. That is what they came to see.”
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Ricardo Chibanga
Born in the Mafalala neighbourhood of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Ricardo Chibanga became, in 1971, the first Bantu African matador in the history of professional bullfighting. One of seven children, he began sneaking into the local Monumental bullring at age nine; by seventeen he had sailed for Lisbon on the invitation of businessman Alfredo Ovelha, apprenticing as a vaquero before training formally at Golegã and Coruche. His formal debut as matador came on August 15, 1971, at Seville's Real Maestranza — making him the seventeenth Portuguese bullfighter and the first of African descent to take the ring. Known as El Africano, he toured Spain, France, Mexico, the United States, and his native Mozambique, drawing audiences that included Picasso, Dalí, and Orson Welles. After retiring in 1999 he ran a portable bullring in Golegã, where he lived until his death.
“I carried Mafalala into every bullring. That is what they came to see.”
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