Malangatana Valente Ngwenya was born on June 6, 1936 in Matalana, Mozambique. He is known for his work on Deixem-me ao Menos Subir às Palmeiras (1972), A Child from the South (1991) and Ngwenya, o Crocodilo (2007). He died on January 5, 2011 in Matosinhos, Portugal.