Tag: são tomé e príncipe

• The voice of São Tomé e Príncipe – Pedro Lima “Maguidala”

  

  This feels like a good follow-up to the Lusofonia post. Pedro Lima was the “people’s voice of São Tomé e Príncipe”, the most iconic singer on the island. This release was originally recorded in 1985 and is a reissue from the Switzerland-based Bongo Joe (Les Disques Bongo Joe) label. The album has been hard to […]

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  February 22, 2021

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  Bongo Joe, Pedro Lima, puxa, reissue, rumba, são tomé e príncipe

• Martinho da Vila, “Lusofonia” (2000)

  

  I’ve been meaning to post about this album for the longest. I was introduced to it around 2007 and it became a fast favorite, introducing me to rhythms, history, artists, and lands of the “Lusophone” world. Cabo Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, Angola, Guinea Bissau. Maybe it can be called a fusion album — […]

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  February 5, 2021

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  album review, angola, Brazilian music, cabo verde, guiné bissau, lusofonia, Lusophone, Martinho da Vila, mozambique, music, negritude, Pan Africanism, Portugal, samba fusion, samba music, são tomé e príncipe