José Mendes de Carvalho (c. 1941 – April 14, 1968), known by his nom de guerre Hoji-ya-Henda, was a guerrilla fighter of the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA).
Now remembered as a folk hero in Angola, he was killed during the Portuguese Colonial War.
Mendes died in combat, at 27 years old, during a raid on the headquarters of the Portuguese colonial army in Karipande, Moxico, Angola, on April 14, 1968.
[1] He was buried near the river Lundoji 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the then headquarters of Karipande, from the Front East of the Third Political-Military Region.
The First Assembly of the Third Political-Military Region of the MPLA, held on March 23, 1969, determined that April 14 would be celebrated in Angola as Angolan Youth Day in his memory.