Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta , (born December 25, 1857, Icolo-e-Bengo, Angola—died March 2, 1894, Barra do Cuanza, Angola), Angolan poet, novelist, journalist, pedagogue, historian, philologist, and folklorist whose creative zeal and research in the late 19th century helped establish in Angola an intellectual respect for Kimbundu culture and tradition.
