Hélio Santos, o mestre da Kizomba, é também considerado um dos principais expoentes do famoso estilo de música e dança africanos. “Sou um dos sete professores da primeira geração de professores da ...

This year marks Brazil’s 35th Art Biennale, which is “the largest art exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere.” Starting September 6, the Biennale will bring together works from 121 participants from ...

Kizomba, which means “party” in Kimbundu, one of Angola’s local languages, is a dance and music genre which developed in the 1980’s in the capital Luanda, swiftly becoming a part of Angolan cultural ...

Dancers are gearing up for a festival that centers on the African diaspora, sensuality, and New England’s vibrant Lusophone communities. In a video from Montreal’s Kizo Fest this past June, ...

While you may think Sunday nights are reserved for an early night to bed or popcorn and prime time football on the couch, there is a small but mighty group of people in Des Moines who think ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Dino D’Santiago is whipping up the audience with the ferrinho. The musician and rapper plays the instrument, a ...

Characterised by sensually swaying hips and couples clutching each other's bodies, kizomba has been described as the sexiest dance in the world - and it is exploding in popularity outside of its ...

Luanda — The Angolan government wants to present to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) the application of the Kizomba dance style as Intangible Heritage of ...

LUANDA (Reuters) - It's a warm humid afternoon in Luanda Bay - an urban waterfront on Angola's Atlantic shore. Pairs of dancers in close embrace sway their hips from left to right and shuffle their ...