In Mabor, a dusty and neglected corner of Luanda, the sound of a catchy beat rising means only one thing to the area's youngsters: time to dance the kizomba. The Angolan dance is gaining worldwide ...

This music encapsulated the moment. It is synthed up, but its smooth, tropical sound made it danceable and possible to play when acoustic and electric instruments were few and far between. The older ...

Luanda — Excellent was the comment heard from the audience who witnessed the show of the first DVD and CD live recording of Angolan musicians, integrated in the project called "Quintal do Semba", ...

In February the Angolan dance troupe Fenómenos do Semba created the viral #JerusalemaDanceChallenge video that showed off their dance moves to the South African hit song Jerusalema. Their video is set ...

Bonga, a musician from Angola who sings in the semba style, performs at Real Art Ways in Hartford Sunday at 7 p.m. Angolan semba is similar to Brazilian samba. Exiled from Angola in 1972 for his ...

Luanda — The discography project "Geração do Semba 2", integrating Angolan singers like Calabeto, Tonicha Miranda and Malú, is already published for Angolan music consumers, through autographs ...

Two dancers from Amsterdam and Mumbai are teaming up to teach enthusiasts the moves of a sensual couple’s genre from Africa During the lockdown, Mumbai-based dancer Mary Lobo, the co-founder of Latin ...