We are excited to welcome Batida back on our pages, and even more excited to release this great little EP with them, in celebration of the founding of the African Union in 1963. Before we tell you the story behind this EP, we do want to stress that this free EP will only be available [...]
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NGOMA 8 – DJ Zhao Kizomba Mixtape
If you hear a Western DJ playing music from Africa, 99% of the time he/she will either be playing old school afrobeat and afrofunk, or super high energy dance music. Unless maybe you find yourself in a Cape Verdian club we doubt you’d hear a lot of more mellow sounds. Well thankfully, as exemplified with [...]
Novidades de Angola
In no particular order, and to help you enjoy your week end, current favorites from the land of Mwangolé:
Angolan Semba vs Brazilian Samba
Hey African music fans! My name is Catherine Barnes, and I’ll be contributing a series of articles to this blog on Angolan semba and Brazilian samba. I’m a percussionist and armchair ethnomusicologist fascinated by all rhythms African and of the African diaspora. I recently returned from studying samba in Rio de Janeiro, which is also [...]
11/11 Indepêndencia de Angola
In 1975, Angola became independent from Portugal, months after the fall of Salazar’s Estado Novo. Rather than repeat the story, read it in wikipedia. To celebrate Angola and its culture, Julia of Africa Kabisa on WMBR is having an Angolan music special on Sunday Nov 22, 4-6pm EST. Julia will interview Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave [...]
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