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 ...

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 ...

Luanda — The climate of peace and harmony being experienced in Angola now, is a determining factor to rescue and develop traditional Angolan music as well as use it to conquer new musical markets ...

As far back as the 1960s, there was a thriving recording industry in Angola. But the music released before the country's independence from... Funk Before War In Angola Funk Before War In Angola Funk ...

Lobito — The Angolan singer, Fernando Lucas da Silva " Robertinho" Saturday in Lobito, central Benguela province, said the emergence of several musicians is promoting the country's music quality and ...