Filipe Silvino de Pina Zau (born 2 November 1950) is an Angolan educator, university researcher and lecturer, writer, composer, musician, and politician.
[5][7] During his time in Portugal, he specialized his post graduate studies in educational administration in 1994 at the Instituto Superior de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (ISCE).
[4] In the literature and scientific research realms, he had released literary-musical works through publishers Lusafrica, Da Banda and AUTORES.club, respectively: "Encanto de um Mar que eu Canto", in 1996, "Meu Canto à Razão e à Quimera das Circunstancias", in 2005, both poetic works, the audio book "Marítimos Africanos e um Clube com História" in 2005, and it's 2020 sequel "Marítimos".
[10][11] The anthem "Angola, país de futuro", prepared for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, was authored by Mukenga and Zau, with them being accompanied by the band Maravilha.
[6] Zau went on to create classes for the Universidade Independente de Angola (UNIA), becoming, during that decade, vice-rector and the institutions rector,[4] as well as becoming a professor at the School of Social Sciences at Agostinho Neto University (UAN).