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 ...

The First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, attended on Sunday (06), as guest of honor, the Kanuca Show, held on the Luanda Boulevard, during which she was enchanted by the exhibition of the ...

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 ...

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, ...