Listen to selections from his CD, 'Renascence.' In 1982, during a visit to Portugal, Waldemar Bastos defected from his native Angola, where a brutal civil war was under way. Bastos says he felt ...

Kalaf Epalanga is the author of 'Também os Brancos Sabem Dançar' (Whites Can Dance Too) (2017) which explores Afro-Portuguese immigration through kuduro and kizomba, as well as 'O Angolano que Comprou ...

Kalaf Epalanga’s debut novel Whites Can Dance Too is a literary ode to music, specifically to kuduro, the sizzling electronic dance music from Angola that his band, the MTV Europe Music award-winning ...

Few artists embody the intersection of music, politics and cultural identity as fully as David Gabriel José Ferreira, better ...

Saurimo - The musician Gabriel Tchiema last Monday in Saurimo, eastern Lunda Sul Province, defended the need to internationalize the popular music contest dubbed ?Variante?, aiming for the promotion ...

A car engine revs. Water runs. Feet shuffle. Sounds of everyday Angola filled Grant Recital Hall Friday in "O Barulho Mesmo," Matthew Peters Warne's GS performance of original musical compositions ...

As writer and musician Kalaf Epalanga returns to his native Angola, discover a travel itinerary that tunes in to the many sounds of one of Africa’s emerging travel destinations. Angola is best enjoyed ...

Luanda — The musician Bozzi Bozziana, form DRCongo, and Angie Stone, (USA) applauded the work by Angolan singer Patricia Faria, during a her recent participation in the African music festival "Kora ...

Mário Rui Silva takes us through the musical life of Angolan legend Carlos Lermartina: In 2005 came his fourth record “Frutas do Chão são Coisas Nossas” (Fruit from the ground belongs to us) a ...

The “soundtrack” of the title here represents the musical soundtrack of Luanda, the capital city of Angola in Southwest Africa. These 18 tracks by 15 acts (Os Bongos, Dimba Diangola and Jovens Do ...