Daniel Chipenda (15 May 1931, Lobito - 28 February 1996) was an Angolan revolutionary[1] that fought in the Angolan War of Independence, serving as the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola's (MPLA) field commander in the Eastern Front before founding and leading the Eastern Revolt, a faction of the MPLA.
When the EF collapsed, Chipenda and MPLA leader Agostinho Neto each blamed the other.
[6] He opposed the MPLA's leadership which he accused of being "creole" and was wary of the Soviet Union, despite its support.
[7] In 1973 the government of the Soviet Union invited Neto to Moscow and told him Chipenda planned to assassinate him.
In September Chipenda joined the FNLA again, and returned to the MPLA only after the multiparty elections of 1992.