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Artist: Bonga
Label: Lusafrica
Category: Music

New (11) Used (1) from $15.98

Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 379746

Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 713746201821
EAN: 0713746201821
ASIN: B00004XRYU

Release Date: March 13, 2001

Tracks:

•	Kimone Amarelo
•	Ngui Tename
•	Recordando Pio
•	Incaldido
•	Mulemba Zangola
•	Escapada
•	Bunguleiros Da Noite
•	Kamusekele
•	Olhos Molhados
•	Falar De Assim
•	Mutokodias
•	Kanjonja
•	Kisangusangu

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•	Traditional Angolan Music
•	Paz Em Angola

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Bonga is probably Angola's best-known singer-songwriter, partially because he's based in Paris, allowing his albums to be distributed internationally, and partially because his story--well-loved musician forced into exile by a repressive regime because of his political lyrics--has all the elements of a Hollywood romance. Bonga wouldn't have been driven into exile if his music didn't resonate with listeners, and it was his conscious attempt to use the traditional music of Angola's various tribal cultures in his compositions that made him a star at home. Since going into exile, he's also added touches of European, Brazilian, and other African music into his smooth, effervescent style, as evidenced on Mulemba Xangola. "Incaldido" is a sprightly coledera, a dance rhythm from Cape Verde, driven by a sparkling guitar hook, while the doleful "Escapada" has hints of both Verde's morna and Portugal's fado. On "Bunguleiros Da Noite," Bonga has the balafons (African marimbas) add a slight reggae lilt to a semba, the Angolan rhythm that became the samba when it was transplanted to Brazil. --j. poet

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent! simply... December 3, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Knowing Bonga style for quite a while I came to appreciate one of the most talented angolan and thus african musician...in this album he proves his ability to connect the past with the present without losing tradition...songs like Incaldido will simply make you stand up and dance and appreciate the richness of his melou voice with a rithm that is peculiar...listen on!