In this edition of World Music Matters, RFI’s Brenna Daldorph spoke with Paulo Flores, one of Angola’s most famous musicians and the father of modern semba music, when he spoke at an event by Modern ...

Luanda — The Angolan musician Zé Manico released on Sunday his debut CD entitled "Na Senda do Semba" at Luanda's Independence Square. Speaking to Angop, Zé Manico said that the album comprises nine ...

Famous Angolan singer, Bonga, has been an athlete and stood up against colonial rule. His music is known worldwide and continues to inspire. This episode of Global Angola comes to you from Lisbon ...

Music-makers don't come much more ambitious than Kiyohiko Semba. Born into a family of traditional Japanese musicians, he started playing percussion at the age of three, and first graced a ...

Luanda — The "Musongué da Tradição" live-music programme, promoted on a monthly basis by Kilamba Cultural and Recreational Centre, in Luanda, closed this Sunday the anual season of shows of the semba ...

Dias, credited with spreading the influence of Angola’s rhythmic Semba music, died Friday in Lisbon after a long illness. He was 75. As part of the band Ngola Ritmo, he developed the heavily rhythmic, ...