Chilala Moco

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Chilala Moco (born 8 May 1977 in Caála, Huambo) is an Angolan freelance photographer and the oldest son of former Angolan Prime Minister Marcolino Moco.

In 1995 he moved to Portugal, where he lived and studied International Relations, at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP). At the end of the third year, Chilala chose instead to study photography. In 2003 he enrolled in photography studies, at Escola Técnica de Imagem e Comunicação (ETIC). Today, Chilala Moco lives in Luanda, Angola, and is a well known freelancer photographer working with magazines such as glamourous Caras Angola, under the name Carlos Moco. Some of his art work was shown at Trienal de Luanda 2006, and bought by well known Angolan collectors. His photographs have been published in some prestigious books related to Angola.