press release: memórias de áfrica

PRESS RELEASE: MEMÓRIAS DE ÁFRICA
KEY DATA
Release Date: December 2008
Format: BOOK4CD® 94 full colour pages hard cover book with texts in
Portuguese and English.
File Under: World Music / Africa
Cat.#: FAR85807
Ean: 5603850858071
ISBN: 978-989-95900-1-4
Territories: World
The undeniable richness of the African music is not worn out in the stages of the great World Music
festivals on the 4 corners of the Earth, or in the new “fashion” songs of African appearances. The fact is
African music has been growing, adding up new fans and conquering its space in the radios, in the
shelves of record stores and in the great show rooms around the world. In the last few years, we’ve seen
a proliferation of new artists, much of them strongly inspired by the great artists of the past, who didn’t
have the proper means of divulgation of their work that exist today. As such, it is fundamental to have a
greater perception of the origins and to rediscover the musical genuineness of the great values of the
richest decades in African culture.
In the book we can find a summary of the history and human and territorial geography of these
countries. We also have information about those years music, expressed with enthusiasm and nostalgia
by individualities that lived those days, among who we find Firmino Pascoal, musician (Angola), Jorge de
Jesus Rodrigues, writer (Angola), Virgílio Correia, musical plugger (Guinea, Cape Verde and São Tomé e
Príncipe), Juca Delgado, musical producer (Guinea Bissau), Samuel Yana Munguambe, professor
researcher (Mozambique).
The marks left by the several wars contributed to the poor conservation or even destruction of many
registers, and were also less than favourable for discography recordings. In spite of the difficulty in the
attainment of repertoire for this project, we achieved to gather in here a good sampling of the great
values of these decades. The 4 records are ordered by countries; being the 1st one devoted to Angola,
the 2nd to Cape Verde, the 3rd to Guinea Bissau and the 4th to Mozambique and São Tomé e Príncipe.
Music from PALOPs (African Countries of Portuguese Official Language) is as rich as it is diverse. In here
we can listen to Angola’s samba and merengue, Cape Verde’s morna and coladera, Guinea Bissau’s
gumbé, Mozambique’s marrabenta and São Tomé e Príncipe’s socopé among other rhythms what
continue to delight the World.
A work that is a good representative of the Lusophone cultural richness and that discovers inestimable
treasuries.
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TRACKING LIST:
CD1 – Angola
01. Suzana - Grupo Folc. Angola
02. Caiuana - Marimbeiros Duque Bragança
03. Mini - Saia - Mestre Geraldo Morgado
04. Zon Zon 2 - Elias dia Kimuezo
05. Zeca Camarão - Mário Rui Silva
06. As meninas Hoje - Africa Show
07. Jesus Diala Ua Kidi - Águias Reais
08. Puxa Odette – Anangola
09. Belita - Artur Adriano
10. N'Congo Jami - Carlos Lamartine
11. Chá com Chá - Dikanzas do Prenda
12. Gingombé - Dimba dya Ngola
13. Maria dia Pambala - Sofia Rosa
14. Nizambi - Teta Lando
CD2 – Cape Verde
01. Nho Antón Escaderode – Black Power
02. Laura –Arminda Sousa
03. Pompa –Bana
04. Destino – Jovino-Tchuputa
05. Matiota – Luis Morais
06. Nha Visão –Dudu Araújo
07. Ó Bernardo – Ana Firmino
08. Ribeira Brava – Voz de Cabo Verde
09. Tio Bernar –Leonel Almeida
10. Du Ducha – Voz de Cabo Verde
11. Jom D'Ebra –Marino Silva
12. Lacatora –Afrika Star
13. Tartaruga –Voz de Cabo Verde
14. Sodade de S. Nicolau –Marino Silva
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CD3 – Guinea-Bissau
01. Cambança Djombo – Orquestra Super Mama Djombo
02. Sábá Miniambá – Sábá Miniambá
03. Ke Ki Mininu Na Tchora – José Carlos Schwarz
04. Badjuda Bonito – N’Kassa Cobra
05. Bardade de Dentro di Bardade – Zé Manel
06. Seiango – Orquestra Super Mama Djombo
07. Dirito de Mindjher – N’Kassa Cobra
08. Lucapiar – Medina – Sábá Miniambá
09. Saudadi Som – Sábá Miniambá
10. Nha Guiné – Zé Manel
11. Suur di Nó Púbis – Orquestra Super Mama Djombo
12. Se Djindjirbas Preto – N’Kassa Cobra
13. Si Bu Sta Dianti na Luta – José Carlos Schwarz
14. Tchon de Trabadjo – N’Kassa Cobra
CD4 – Mozambique and São Tomé e Príncipe
01. Bekissa Mbilu Yaku - Maclin Comiche
02. A Uni Tenderi - Conjunto Kwekweti
03. Mudenga - Conjunto Moyoni Chiwabo
04. Mawaku - Gabriel Chiau
05. A Ximati Ntlaveni - Rosa c/ Djambo 70
06. Nkata uya Kwini - Maclin Comiche
07. A Muntini Waku Fumiwa - Verónica Petterson
08. Aninha – Africa Negra
09. Ricardina – Sangazuza
10. Mina Fada Mende – Os Leonenses
11. Canivete Possam – Conjunto Mindelo
12. Lulia Sá Xigado – Os Leonenses
13. Manguidala – Pedro Lima
14. Toni Fada Quintino – Conjunto Mindelo
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