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Ace guitarist creates sultry sounds of Mozambique

Independent online (SA) 13 May 2023
I have dedicated my life to exploring the power of music to break down social and cultural barriers ... Albino Mbie is also a professor at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Born in the suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique, he was raised in a country rich in musical and cultural heritage.
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Bongeziwe Mabandla unpacks his new album ‘amaXesha’

Independent online (SA) 10 May 2023
On one of the world’s biggest music stages, Mabandla performed his upcoming single “sisahleleleni (i)” ... Mabandla shared that he had an incredible time writing and recording the music for the album. One of the best parts was recording in Maputo and being in the studio with Tiago Correia-Paulo and Chris Born.
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Some real class acts

Independent online (SA) 22 Apr 2023
After varsity, music was his calling ... Regarding their own music, the band says. “Living and breathing music from a young age, this is us putting ourselves out there ... affair with music.” ... Born in Maputo in 1979, Barbosa discovered music at an early age, writing his own songs at 15.
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Mozambique: Arbitrary arrests, teargassing and brutal assault of peaceful protesters a violation of the right ...

Amnesty 18 Mar 2023
“Authorities must swiftly investigate police who arrested people in Maputo and subjected them to beating and ensure that they are brought to account for violating the human rights of protesters including international law.” ... in Maputo, to remember the fallen artist, Azagaia.
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Things to do: Garbage collected from ponds turned into art, Celtic winter concert, more

Cape Cod Times 02 Feb 2023
3, Albino Mbie is an award-winning guitarist, singer, composer and sound and mixing engineer born in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The country in southern Africa is known for its rich musical and cultural heritage ... Tickets are $24 ($18 for members) and are available at www.CCMoA.org/music.
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Valentine events, concerts, creatures & pirates: 15 things to do on Cape Cod Feb. 11-17

Cape Cod Times 09 Feb 2022
One Valentine's Day idea here means spending part of the day with a turtle, but other options are a love-centric concert, and a program of poetry and music. For different musical tastes, there are other concerts to enjoy this weekend, too ... He will bring music to South Yarmouth that incorporates his musical experiences from Mozambique, the U.S.
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Mozambique conflict a thorn in side of AU peace initiatives

Independent online (SA) 19 Mar 2021
Mushtak Parker ... File picture. Mike Hutchings/Reuters ... His figurative mood music resembles the Maputo Reshuffle ... Maputo awarded exploitation rights to three LNG projects, of which the first – the US$24bn Golfinho-Atum gas field in the offshore Rovuma basin – is being developed by a consortium led by France’s Total and is set to come on stream in 2024 ... .
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Sibusiso ’Mash’ Mashiloane on SAMAs and overcoming Covid-19 challenges

Independent online (SA) 24 Jul 2020
Umkhuleko,” received three nods for this year's South African Music Awards ... “This is very exciting and it gives me more motivation to create and continue to inspire my students to be true to themselves and create meaningful music.” ... Mashiloane says his music is inspired by Africa and its heritage.
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LETTER: Thugs stain struggle legacy

Business Day 11 Apr 2019
I thought back to the 1980s, when my late father worked in Maputo and the rest of the family lived in Swaziland. He would regularly return with books, pamphlets and music cassette tapes the apartheid government had banned and explain that this was because they did not want to face ...
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Mozambican civil society organizes music festival to promote voting for elections

Xinhua 09 Sep 2018
MAPUTO, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Prominent Hip-Hop musicians in Mozambique performed several songs in a music festival on Saturday in Maputo to encourage voters to go to voting stations and exercise their right and duty in the coming municipal elections on October 10th ... "We use music ...
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Finding frequencies to connect Africans

Business Day 27 Mar 2018
March is a big month for music Down Under with a variety of festivals bringing amazing artists from across the globe to Australasia ... The WOMAD concept (World of Music and Dance) is the foremost world music festival brand ... He relocated to Maputo and later Johannesburg, and founded the Akum music management agency in 2013.
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Why Maputo is an attraction for South African travellers

Independent online (SA) 26 Sep 2017
Maputo entices hundreds of South Africans to its tropical shores, promising them intoxicating Portuguese and African flavours just a few hours’ drive from Johannesburg ... Whether you’re looking for a place to dance the night away, relax while enjoying a couple of drinks or enjoying live music, you’ll have more than enough options in Maputo.
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Why Maputo is becoming an attraction for South African travellers

Independent online (SA) 26 Sep 2017
Maputo entices hundreds of South Africans to its tropical shores, promising them intoxicating Portuguese and African flavours just a few hours’ drive from Johannesburg ... Whether you’re looking for a place to dance the night away, relax while enjoying a couple of drinks or enjoying live music, you’ll have more than enough options in Maputo.
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[WATCH] Moreira Chonguica: We need to sell our African culture

Eye Witness News 01 Dec 2016
EWN chats to Mozambican jazz artist Moreira Chonguica at the National Music School in Maputo about his career and the culture of African music ... .
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How an ancient instrument came to define Mozambican jazz

CNN 28 Sep 2016
The words of Miles Davis ring as true on the streets of New York as they do in Maputo, Mozambique ... But the music coming out of the southeast African nation is far removed from the jazz Davis and his peers brewed in the melting pot of the Big Apple ... All that jazz - Mozambique's lively music scene ... All that jazz - Mozambique's lively music scene 09.11.
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