"You are a simple and very kind man that I was lucky to have as a father", wrote Isabel dos Santos in a message on her Instagram social network account, in what is her first public reaction to the death, at the age of 79, of her father. and former President.
Using poetry, Eduardo dos Santos' daughter evokes love for her father: "I love you forever... I will always be your daughter... you will always be my father.... And one day we will see each other again... . And talk as usual...".
"In your last hour I wanted to be by your side... / As you were by my side for me, from my first hour / As you had by my side, and supported me in my life in the happiest moments and in the moments more difficult", wrote Isabel dos Santos.
"You guided me through victory and defeat / You taught me to be brave and patient / We talked... and we always stood side by side / We shared our hopes, our fears and our dreams," she continued.
The former president died on Friday at the age of 79 in a clinic in Barcelona, Spain, after weeks of hospitalization, announced the Angolan presidency, which initially decreed five days of national mourning that later increased to seven.
