After a season of elections and cyclones in Mozambique, the country was owed some entertainment and good news. One of the highlights of Mozambique's cultural calendar, the Marrabenta Festival ...

The rise of post-independence popular music in Africa has unleashed a wide array of genres from many regions. A snapshot might show, from North Africa, Algerian Rai music, and street music like shaabi ...

Maputo — The Mozambican musician Dilon Djindji, considered by many as the greatest practitioner of the popular musical style, known as Marrabenta, has passed away at the age of 97. Djindji, who was ...

'The goats eat while they are leashed, so you have to keep the grass growing around the goat." These were some of the most relevant words I heard in Maputo - told by Rufus, the keyboard player of ...

Meet the God of Marrabenta 04:53 Music Mozambique Daniela Schulz 03/22/2024 For 40 rhythmic years, Stewart Sukuma has brought the Mozambican style Marrabenta across the globe. But, the god of ...

It is often said that Mozambicans start the year “a marrabentar.” That's because every year, early February, the most representative festival of the country, the Festival of the Marrabenta, takes ...

Some of the organisers of the Marrabenta Music Festival, Mr Junaid Mabuza and Ms Yolanda Mzimela. Kasi Creatives will host the Marrabenta 1st Annual Music Festival in Tembisa on May 9. According to ...

The goats eat while they are leashed, so you have to keep the grass growing around the goat. These were some of the most relevant words I heard in Maputo — told by Rufus, the keyboard player of ...