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Portuguese-speaking Africa: 10 songs for the end of a colonial empire
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Portuguese‑speaking Africa: 10 songs for the end of a colonial empire

The Carnation Revolution spelled the end of Portugal’s colonial empire. From Cape Verde to Angola, Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, we look back to the soundtrack of the years of liberation.

José Carlos Schwarz, the decolonial legend from Guinea-Bissau
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José Carlos Schwarz, the decolonial legend from Guinea‑Bissau

Hot Mule Records is reissuing vinyl editions of some of the most famous records by José Carlos Schwartz, the great poet and musician from Guinea-Bissau. Lua ki di nos (“The moon is ours”) will be released on April 9.

Bandé-Gamboa adapted for the dancefloor
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Bandé‑Gamboa adapted for the dancefloor

Remixed by DJs Detroit Swindle, Poirier and Batida, under the expert eye of producer Guts and the Heavenly Sweetness label, the music of Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau takes on a tropical-house feel on absorbing […]

Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau celebrated on Bandé-Gamboa’s debut album, Horizonte
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Cape Verde and Guinea‑Bissau celebrated on Bandé‑Gamboa's debut album, Horizonte

The result of a collaboration between Guts, Francisco Sousa and the Heavenly Sweetness label, the Bandé Gamboa project is the symbol of the musical encounter between Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, the time of a cover […]

Daniel Haaksman remixed Super Mama Djombo on Black Atlantica Edits
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Daniel Haaksman remixed Super Mama Djombo on Black Atlantica Edits

Berlin producer and DJ Daniel Haaksman unveils the first track of his next album Black Atlantica Edits which will be released on April 24th on BBE Music. Director of the Man Recordings, Daniel Haaksman joins […]

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Binhan: a protest singer who promotes hope for Guinea-Bissau
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Binhan: a protest singer who promotes hope for Guinea‑Bissau

INTERVIEW. Binhanquinhe Quimor is simply Binhan, singer and composer from Guinea-Bissau, who, since 2008 has denounced the social and political misery of his country.