Hip Deep Angola 2: Kuduro and Beyond

<p>Join producer Ned Sublette on the streets of Angola’s big, smoggy, oil-booming capital city of Luanda. Peace came to Angola in 2002 after forty-two years of war, and now everything is different, with construction under way everywhere.</p> <p>We’ll hear from &nbsp;kuduro superstar&nbsp;<strong>Cabo Snoop</strong>&nbsp;. . .</p> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/8615-Cabo-Snoop-10801.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5457" title="8615 Cabo Snoop 1080" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/8615-Cabo-Snoop-10801-1024x682.jpg" width="512" height="341" style="vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p> <p>. . . who talks about his big, career-defining hit, “Windeck” . . .</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OwosrcXRdrk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div> <p><br></p> <p>. . . and we’ll talk to&nbsp;<strong>Titica</strong>&nbsp;(seen here during a flash visit to Brooklyn in April):</p> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/8059-Titica-treatment-b1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5459" title="8059 Titica treatment b" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/8059-Titica-treatment-b1-682x1024.jpg" width="512" height="768" style="vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p> <p>. . . and seen here in July, rehearsing her troupe for the big show she headlined at Luanda’s Cine Trópico . . . </p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/n4lww-LQvno" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div> <p><br></p> <p>. . . Titica’s video, “Ablua” (directed, like “Windeck,” by the incredible<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DRHOCHIFU">&nbsp;Hochi Fu)</a>&nbsp;is here . . .</p> <p>. . . and you’ve surely seen her video with&nbsp;<strong>Ary</strong>, “Olha O Boneco.” No? It’s here . .</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iverlIH__h8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div> <p><br></p> <p>we’ll talk to&nbsp;<strong>Os Namayer</strong>, which is the duo of&nbsp;<strong>Príncipe Ouro Negro</strong>&nbsp;(Prince Black Gold), seen here on the set of the TV show&nbsp;<em>Sempre a Subir</em>&nbsp;. . .</p> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/IMG_8629.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-5460 aligncenter" title="IMG_8629" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/IMG_8629-1024x682.jpg" width="448" height="298" style="vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p> <p>. . . and&nbsp;<strong>Presidente Gasoline</strong>&nbsp;. . .</p> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/8663-Presidente-Gasoline.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-5461 aligncenter" title="8663 Presidente Gasoline" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/8663-Presidente-Gasoline-1024x682.jpg" width="461" height="307" style="vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p> <p>. . . seen here rehearsing at the (sadly, soon-to-be-demolished) colonial-era downtown arts center Elinga Teatro . . .</p> <div class="video-container"><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8tRlPgGbjFw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>and dancing to their hit “Engraxador” on Angolan TV . . .</div> <p>From his studio in the bairro of Marçal, we’ll hear Afro-house by&nbsp;<strong>DJ Satelite</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/7782-DJ-Satelite-choice.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5464" title="7782 DJ Satelite choice" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/7782-DJ-Satelite-choice-1024x768.jpg" width="512" height="384" style="vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p> <p>. . . and we’ll hear&nbsp;<em>kizomba</em>, the zouk-derived couple-dance music pioneered in the late ‘80s by&nbsp;<strong>Eduardo Paim</strong>, whose album&nbsp;<em>Etu Mu Dietu</em>&nbsp;is advertised here via street poster . . .</p> <p><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/poster.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5465" title="poster" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2012/09/poster-907x1024.jpg" width="512" height="578" style="vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></p>