Hip Deep November 2, 2017
Hip Deep Angola1: Music and Nation in Luanda
This Hip Deep program explores the role music played in the creation of a uniquely Angolan consciousness as the country struggled toward independence in the 1960s and ‘70s after centuries of colonialism. Our guides are producer Ned Sublette, on the ground in Angola, and Dr. Marissa Moorman, historian of southern Africa, and author of Intonations: A Social History of Music in Luanda, Angola from 1945 to Recent Times. We’ll hear the pathbreaking group Ngola Ritmos, who dared sing songs in Kimbundu publicly when it was prohibited by the Portuguese, as well as immortal voices from the age when the guitar-driven style called semba ruled, plus some snazzy ‘60s guitar instrumentals.
