Africa-Press – Angola. Angolan musician Samuel Mangwana, known as Sam Mangwana, revealed this Saturday, in Benguela, his intention to compile the most prominent songs from his repertoire into a record project.
Speaking on the sidelines of a gala promoted by Rádio Benguela, on the occasion of October 5th, Rádio Nacional de Angola day, Sam Mangwana justified that project by claiming to take advantage of new technologies that “didn’t exist forty years ago”.
With a sixty-year career, the Angolan musician with a vast international career was honored by Rádio Nacional de Angola at the annual “Top dos mais Queridos” festival.
“This honor encourages me to continue working with the same energy, despite feeling a little tired,” said Sam Mangwana.
He said he had performed several shows in the province of Benguela and this time he brought a message of peace and wisdom.
During its performance, it thrilled the audience with well-known songs, such as Maria Tebbo, Minha Angola, Pátria Querida, closing with Tio António, which was forced to repeat, at the request of the spectators who couldn’t stop dancing.
Nikila de Sousa, another guest artist, also “drawn applause” from the audience, with her songs Clemência and Cibernética.
Also part of the artistic cast were guitarist Texas, who showcased his art with the work that brought him to the spotlight, “Choro do semba”, as well as Flay, a native of Catumbela, who recently completed thirty years of career.
Folk music was provided by the local group Bismas das Acácias. That group has had several generational changes since the 80s.
Despite the 23 degrees Celsius recorded in the city of Benguela, cold for some, the spectators enjoyed the show, from start to finish, in a setting decorated with various types of light play.
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The Benguela Provincial Broadcaster awarded honorable mentions to some employees, considered references, such as Sá e Silva, Gabriela Tavira, Simão Campos and others, who contributed to its growth. She has been a pioneer in Angola since February 28, 1933.
The house’s journalists, Lena Sebastião and Paulo Stone, made their contribution by reciting the poem “Quem me dera ser onda”, a version adapted by writer Gociante Patissa, from the original by Manuel Rui Monteiro.
The Rádio Nacional de Angola group, with 36 radio stations spread across the country’s eighteen provinces, celebrated its 46th anniversary on October 5, 2023.
The date began to be celebrated on a day like that, in 1977, when the first President of Angola, António Agostinho Neto, visited the facilities of the main national broadcaster in Luanda.
As a public service station, RNA aims to guarantee freedom of expression, the right to information and disseminate the different aspects of the Angolan people, their culture and habits.
Broadcasts are mostly made in Portuguese and there are also programs in national languages, namely Kimbundu, Tchokwe, Umbundu, Cuanhama, Gangala and Nhaneca.
RNA International Service broadcasts are broadcast in Portuguese, English, French and Lingala.
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