If you thought Salsa, Tango or Jive was sexy, you haven’t experienced Kizomba (pronounced Kissomba). This African dance has been gaining popularity across Europe and last week, at a bootcamp in Mumbai ...

Kizomba master Nelson Campos is wearing a black round-neck T-shirt, a pair of black jeans, red shoes and a red cap. His student, Amruta Mahapatra, is clad in a bright red bodysuit. The contrasting ...

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 ...

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, ...

“On land, it might look like we’re moving in slow motion like in The Matrix but in the water that’s as much as they can do,” said Maria Browning. The pioneer of Aqua Zumba, Maria Browning, was in town ...

These dances —salsa, kizomba, and bachata—were once confined to small studios with few non-Kenyans, but they are now providing an escape for Kenyan professionals. It is here that executives, engineers ...

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 ...

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 ...

The festival brings music, dance and culture of African countries to Miami. Shutterstock This Thursday through next Monday, the Miami Beach Kizomba Festival returns for its eighth installment with its ...