Africa-Press – Angola. Sabino Henda, Flay, Bela Chicola, Zé Manico and Man Sembilas, with the instrumental support of Banda Movimento, recalled, Sunday, hits by Jacinto Tchipa, in the latest edition of Live no Kubico, which was broadcast live on Channel 1 and International from Televisão Público de Angola (TPA) and on Platinaline’s digital platforms.
To close the Tribute to Jacinto Tchipa they chose “Maié Maié” with all the interpreters sharing the stage, after individual and interspersed passages on the stage of the TPA Production Center, in Camama. Sabino Henda took “Ekumbi Yanga Kupalapi”, “Africa ”, “Olofumbelo” and other themes. Flay joined the reggae wave in “Juelma”, he had the responsibility to take the captivating “Cartinha de Saudade”, he also played “Olwani Hunene”, a theme he recorded for a record project.
Bela Chicola sang the sentimental “Ndakava”, “O Buanja”, having left for Man Sembilas songs such as: “Sissi Yola”, “Nhania” and “Tua Linga Atumene”, while Zé Manico, among several themes, resorted to one of the first Tchipa’s hits, “Ofeka Yetu”, later performed “Olombani Vitimenha”. There were several moments that everyone gave their touch to the themes proposed for the repertoire of more than two hours of music.
The afternoon was not only marked by the interpretations of the themes of the military that mobilized civilians and encouraged comrades in uniform, but also through testimonies from family members and the career retrospective made by presenter Mário Santos, who helped to get to know the other side of the artist: his husband, father, colleague and to know the path to the explosion. and musical consecration.
The widow and children consider him an example for everyone and the owner of a very strong voice and that his death was a loss for the family and the whole society. Colleagues and friends Bessa Teixeira and Justino Handanga spoke of the man they treat as the “hero of the national musical” and recognized that it was with Tchipa’s songs that they grew and improved in the artistic milieu.
Mário Santos revealed some curiosities of the military’s career became a national star, both in urban areas and in combat centers. For the musician, “Tchipa was the first artist who, after independence, managed to fill the Bullfight and Menongue alone. The meeting with Eduardo Paím, a member of the SOS group who worked at CT1, from Rádio Nacional de Angola, in the musical production of children’s artists and others who recorded in this studio.
The musician Eduardo Paim became prominent as a producer of several hits and this caught the attention of Jacinto Tchipa in 1983, at the time preparing his work with another group. It was not easy to convince Eduardo Paím, but when he took the time to listen to the songs, according to Mário Santos “he got goosebumps and said this was the material I was looking for to challenge his skills”. buy fruit and in exchange Paim listens to the songs.
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