Two years ago in Morocco, Brother John Robb stumbled across a documentary on the Angolan rave form kuduro and was instantly converted. Here he explains why. John Robb Published 4:14am 26 November 2008 ...

Whether the word Kuduro comes from the Kimbundu language, native to northern Angola and means “location” or from the Portuguese expression meaning “hard ass” or “stiff bottom” is debated but there's ...

This type of music invented in the capital of Angola is starting to conquer the planet, but its creators say Kuduro is much more than a type of music, it's a state of mind. In Angola, Kuduro is much ...

Over the break I was introduced to a whole genre of music and dance I had no idea existed. A friend told me about this movement called Kuduro (pronounced koo-doo-roo), which is centered in Angola, ...

Nazar was just seven years old watching the television when the news anchor suddenly announced that his father and namesake, Alcides Sakala Simões, had died. Living in Brussels, Belgium at the time, ...

It pains me to say it, but it appears kuduro is seriously fading out in Angola. It's so hard to believe. I was there just two years ago, and kuduro was blasting out of every single candongueiro and ...

Angolans love to dance, whether it is the super smooth sexy moves of Kizomba pair dancing or the fast, rhythmic street moves of Kuduro. Global Beats talks to one of the kings of Kizomba, C4 Pedro, and ...

A few months ago I asked if kuduro is dead. The question wasn't all provocation: my recent trip to Luanda has shown me first hand how prevalent house music has become in Angola, in just a few years.

This music encapsulated the moment. It is synthed up, but its smooth, tropical sound made it danceable and possible to play when acoustic and electric instruments were few and far between. The older ...

This December, Global Beats heads to Lisbon, and offers a selection songs recorded especially for the BBC by some of Portugal's most exciting artists. Lisbon is a musically rich capital city – there ...