Bonga – vocals, conga, dikanza, Chiemba – bass guitar, Fusica – harmonica, Da Graca – drums, Feijo – guitar Bonga was born in 1942, with the name Barceló de Carvalho, to a working class family in Angola. He had eight siblings but he was the only one who made music: he played the rhythm instrument known as the dikanza, which is made of ribbed bamboo. He led a group, which sang songs protesting against Portuguese imperial rule, but in the sixties, he was barely noticed by either the authorities o...r other musicians. But he was famous: he was a supreme 400-meter hurdler and represented Portugal internationally. During European competitions, he became closely involved with the émigré Angolan resistance movement. In the seventies, his life was turned upside down and the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal exiled him from the country. He resurfaced in Rotterdam and took the name Bonga, where he made the album Angola 72 which he recorded with musicians from the Cape Verde islands. The music was characterised as much by the melancholy of morna music as Bonga’s revolutionary fervour. It is no surprise at all that ever since, it has been regarded as one of the most influential African records. After Angola obtained its independence, Bonga could choose where to live and so could be found in Paris, Lisbon and Angola. His many records have presented heart wrenching Angolan songs alongside fiery Brazilian sambas, but he was not to equal the same acclaim that greeted Angola 72 – and the subsequent Angola 74 – until 2000 with his album Mulemba Xangola. This granted him entry to the most exclusive club of African performers and two subsequent albums – Kaxexe, Maiorais –, have only gone to cement his reputation.
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