Goa, May 3 -- Vamona Ananta Sinai Navelcar lived a quiet life in Pomburpa but through his works one could note the influences that he had experienced through his travels to the continents of Europe and Africa. Before returning to Goa in the late 1980s, Vamona had lived a vibrant and yet turbulent life in Portugal and Mozambique.

Born on May 5, 1929, in Pomburpa, Vamona was one of six siblings. In 1955, at the age of 25, he applied to the Escola Superior de Belas Artes in Portugal and then in 1963, he travelled to Mozambique where he started teaching as a professor of geometry and mathematics in Lyceums for 13 years.

On November 3, 1975, Vamona was arrested with his students as Mozambique fought for its independence through the FRELIMO (...