LUANDA, Feb 27 (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 ...

A music genre that is only a few decades old has captured the hearts of many Angolans. Eduardo Paim, the genre's founder, shares his musical influences and what effect Kizomba has had on his country.

Night has fallen over Angola's Luanda Bay, but the waterfront is alive with couples swaying to the sensual beats of Kizomba music. The dance and music genre was developed in the Angolan capital in the ...

It’s not for the shy. Men and women connect at the chest; it’s the sternum, not the arms, that leads in this dance. Music with a deep baseline and hard R&B flavor commands the dancers’ movements. Step ...

Luanda — At least 22 candidates, including six females voices,will participate in the final of the 6th edition of Kizomba music festival of Angola dubbed "Feskizomba Angola 2013", set for August in ...

Singer C4 Pedro is known as the 'king of Kizomba', one of the most popular styles of music in Angola. However, he actually started his musical career in Belgium, as he told the BBC. 'King of Kizomba' ...

In Mabor, a dusty and neglected corner of Luanda, the sound of a catchy beat rising means only one thing to the area's youngsters: time to dance the kizomba. The Angolan dance is gaining worldwide ...

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 ...