Kalaf Epalanga

Angola-based American music researcher Michael Smith, names Yola Semedo, an award-winning female artist who fuses the semba and kizomba genres, “the Angolan Queen of Soul.” The complexities of the city’s music scene do not end with semba and its successors.  Musical producer Precilia Mbemba observes that Angolan hip hop is an important component to Angolan […]

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