Track Listing of songs: Mona Ki Ngi Xica; Ilia; Marika; Um Kandandu Amigo; Uengi Dia N'Gola; Makongo; N'Guvulu; N'Guzu; Pio-Pio; Dois Poemas Irmaos; Muadiakime; Kamussekele-Malala Nza; Lamento de Garina; Mindjeris di Pano Preto;

Bonga Kwenda is one of *'s hottest vocalists. He's gifted with the charismatic qualities and vocal attractiveness necessary for any singer to attain not just popularity,...

Track Listing of songs: Uengi Dia N'Gola; Balumukeno; Ku Tando; Mona Ki Ngi Xica; Kilumba Dia Ngola; Muadiakime; Luanda Nbolo; Mu Nhango; Paxi Ni Ngongo; Muimbo UA Sabalu;

Angolan expatriate Waldemar Bastos offers his thanks "To all the people around the world who were concerned about me and my absence" in the acknowledgements to...

These days, Bonga Barceló de Carvalho (who only goes by his first name professionally) is to Angolan pop what Bunny Wailer and Jimmy Cliff are to...

Angola album Analog Africa's compilations are always among the most carefully researched, compiled, painstakingly mastered, and exhaustively annotated, and * Soundtrack, the compilation that closes out the label's...

Includes liner notes by Gilberto Junior, Joao Chagas, and Ariel De Bigault. Grown from the volatile political climate of the coastal Republic of * in the mid...

Music Of Africa * 60's: 1956-1970 compiles recordings of various, mostly folk-based musical forms extant in the former Portuguese colony during the time period specified in the...

Track Listing of songs: Venda Poro; Kubangela; Ma Kongo; Roots; Ghinawa; Sodade; Marika; Ngana Ngonga; Ai-Ue Mama; Kinga Kueta;

Recording information: New-Morning, Paris, France (06/17/2004). Photographer: Youri Lenquette. Personnel: Bonga (vocals, percussion); Lura (vocals); Alberto Betinho Feijo (guitars); Francisco André, Francisco Fusica Andre' (accordion, organ, background vocals); ...

This compilation of music from * shows the depth of talent from this nation beleaguered by decades of colonial and post-colonial strife. This is an excellent...

Bonga, who has one of the most beautiful voices in Africa, is heard here live at a festival in Berlin. It is a great recording and ...

Track Listing of songs: Olhos Molhados; Zé Kitumba; Camacove; Malembe-Malembe; Portas da Banda; Avijota; Praça; Diaka; Frutas de Vontade; Sarabanda; Hungu de *; Imbondeiro Secula; Canto Dos Craques; Kamakore;

Kianda Ki Anda is a fine mix of updated traditional Angolan songs and new compositions. The international cast of musicians that Filipe Mukenga has assembled here...

Recording information: 1965-1975. Track Listing of songs: Chofer de Praca; Mana; Zinha; Tia; Dito Ze; Kisua Ki Ngui Fua; Princeza Rita; Saudades de Luanda; Kughinguengamba; Muxima; Memorias de ...

Someone at Buda Musique knows how to do these historical surveys of a nation's popular music legacy right, if the ongoing Ethiopiques series and now this ...

Photographer: Rita Carmo. Recording information: Regiestúdio.

Bonga's 2003 album Kaxexe (reissued in the U.S. by Times Square Records on March 9, 2004, after its initial appearance on the French Lusafrica label) finds the expatriate Angolan singer with the gruff, expressive voice performing with the largely acoustic Semba Master band, which conceives percolating rhythms and melodic guitar and accordion passages to accompany his introspective lyrics. He sings those lyrics in a combination of Portuguese and Angolan that the CD booklet helpfully translates into French (the Times Square reissue just reprinting the Lusafrica release). Rendering them a step further into English may be one iteration too many for perfect understanding, but the title song, for example, "Kaxexe," becomes "En Cachette" in French, which means...

Track Listing of songs: DISC 1; Canto de Kanda; Minha Terra, Terra Minha; Mar de Cacongo; Canto de Kianda; Baptismo de Mar; Kianda; Eu VI Luanda; Velho Andjolo; Domingas Kanhari; Contrasteio Teu Roseo Seio; Noite Minha Companhia; DISC 2; Rebita Luanda; Mulher de Homen Amante Do Mar; Quando Eu Voltar de Todos Os Mares; Vida Durado Mar; Clube Maritimo Africano; Um Acoite Na Noite; Morte de Um Marinheiro; Comite 4 de Fevereiro; De Viagem Sem Ser de Mar; Desespero da Sereia; O Mabangueiro; Canto de Kianda;

Track Listing of songs: St António Kamba Diami; Nzumbi Dia Papa; A Jingonça Do Macaco; Ojala Ye Ya; Menina Ué Mita; Kimbangula; Regresso A *; Lamento De Uma Lavadeira;