Kizomba is an Angolan dance performed by a couple in a close embrace that is gaining worldwide popularity In Mabor, a dusty and neglected corner of Luanda, the sound of a catchy beat rising means only ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ExxonMobil's plans to pump oil from its Kizomba B project off Angola in the second half of this year are on track after the arrival of a drilling platform in Luanda. The tension-leg platform - the hub ...