Even after Angola won its independence, Bonga stayed in Paris and Lisbon, connecting with musicians from other Portuguese-speaking countries--Brazil, Mozambique, Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau, and recording Afropop albums. For many years Angola\'s most visible pop artist, Bonga sings in a gruff, melancholy growl reminiscent of an old Brazilian sambista. Within that huskiness, there\'s also sweetness and vulnerability. Saddened by his country\'s long civil war, Bonga pressed on with his music in order to give people something beautiful and human with which to balance images of strife. He continues to record soulful music of social consciousness. ">

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Bonga
Central Africa
Angola
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In three productive decades, Angola's greatest modern singer has never been able to take his career back to his beloved homeland. Read more on Bonga...
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