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 ...

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 ...

Caxito — The musician João Barbosa will represent the province of Bengo in the final stage of the Angolan popular music contest dubbed "Variante 2012", to happen in November, in Luanda Province. The ...

Benguela — The first Compact Disc by Angolan musician, José da Silva, called "Memórias" was released Sunday in Benguela city (centre), at a ceremony under the 60th edition of the month-end music ...

A year has passed since an Angolan dance troupe called Fenómenos do Semba released a video of themselves dancing in a courtyard in Luanda to the South African hit song Jerusalema by Master KG. With ...

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 ...

Angolan musician Raul Indipwo, famous for his participation in the ethnic music group Duo Ouro Negro, died Sunday in Lisbon, Portugal. He was 72 and had been suffering from cancer. A musician since ...