have signed a few agreements such as an Agreement on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1980); Agreement on Strategic Partnership (2010); Agreement of Cooperation in Investment Facilitation (2015); and an Agreement on Security and Internal Order (2019). Cultural ties The Angolan government had also initiated the Kalunga Project to reconnect with the African diaspora in Brazil through art and music. Literature Pepetela's A gloriosa família (The glorious family, 1996) takes place during the Dutch-Iberian conflict over the Brazil-Angolan slave trade in the 1600s. It illustrates the geopolitical conflicts of the time through the story of the Van Dunem family, made up of a Flemish patriarch, his African wife, and their mulatto children. The novel offers a critique of the oppression of the patriarchal slave-holding system that formed the foundation for the Angolan nation state. José Eduardo Agualusa's Nação criousla (1997) takes place during the latter half of the 19th century when the abolitionist debate was taking place across the Atlantic. The novel focuses on the role of Luanda's Creole elites and Portuguese, and Brazilian merchants in the then-illegal transatlantic slave trade. Music and dance A "cross-fertilization" of musical cultures and dances occurred in the Atlantic triangle beginning in the 17th and 18th centuries via cultural exchange. As a result of this exchange, both countries share a rich history of mixed Afro-Iberian musical traditions, such as the prevalence of the guitar, or viola. An example of early dance exchange is the umbigada, or belly blow, a "basic feature of many dances imported to Brazil and Portugal from the Congo-Angola region". Resident diplomatic missions Angola has an embassy in Brasília and consulates-general in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil has an embassy in Luanda. See also Angolans in Brazil Kalunga Project References Brazil Bilateral relations of Brazil