Interview: Victor Gama

<p><strong>VICTOR GAMA</strong></p> <p>“Many parts of Angola are still <em>terra incognita</em> almost, in terms of knowing what’s &nbsp;been done musically.”</p> <p>INTERVIEWED BY NED SUBLETTE</p> <p>Via Skype from Lisbon / October 25 and 28, 2012</p> <p>Angolan composer / instrument designer / ethnomusicologist / producer <a href="http://www.victorgama.org/pdf/projects/tombua/tectonikTOMBUA%20description.pdf">Victor Gama</a> has traveled in Angola’s hard-to-reach rural areas, recording music that otherwise would be undocumented, resulting in his album / website <em><a href="http://www.tsikaya.org/en/">Tsikaya: Músicos do Interior</a>. </em>Together with his album <em><a href="https://soundcloud.com/victor-gama/sets/naloga">Naloga</a></em>, which I might inadequately describe as a sonic exploration of the legacy of Angola’s long war, it’s featured in <em><a href="https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/hip-deep-angola-4">HIP DEEP ANGOLA, PART FOUR: THE CUBAN INTERVENTION IN ANGOLA</a></em>. He’s collaborated with <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/6186/hip-deep-interview-barbaro-martinez-ruiz/">Bárbaro Martínez Ruiz</a> and C. Daniel Dawson in the making of the book / CD <em><a href="http://www.victorgama.org/pdf/projects/odantalan/ODANTALAN.pdf">Odantalán</a></em>, featured in <em><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/6180/hip-deep-angola-part-3-a-spiritual-journey-to-mbanza-kongo/">HIP DEEP ANGOLA, PART THREE: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO MBANZA-KONGO</a></em>.</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/V883gPZtO_Y" allowfullscreen="" height="281" frameborder="0" width="500"></iframe>