Kuduro Visual | Demo 1

Kuduro Visual | Demo 1 If kuduro had a single purpose, perhaps it would be this: to be seen. Visibility is a right from which many other rights emerge, and the makers of kuduro, as an artistic practice, know this well. Through the empirical experience of survival, they have learned the formula of existence. This exhibition is about exactly that. History has taught us to view cultural expressions produced on the margins merely as responses to structures of power, as though their existence depended solely on what they resist.

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10.08.2026 | by Lwana Bartholomeu

The balance of the perfect "Batida"

The balance of the perfect "Batida" We are at the Batida workshop. A space in a garages complex in Lisbon. On the outside it’s just that. A building with nothing that distinguishes it from the others. Inside there is Pedro Coquenão, or DJ Mpula, or the man who invented Batida. Inside there, this 37-year-old Portuguese man born in Huambo (Angola), which he left with the onset of civil war, an Angolan living in Portugal since then, talks non-stop about all that Batida means. We could even say that we do not need to hear everything he is saying. The speakers release South African music. Scattered throughout the space we see a marimba, extemporary drums took out from diesel cans, Angolan beer “Cuca” bars, photos of Coquenão’s travels to Luanda, and drums that, in concert, will be illuminated from the inside as efficient do-it-yourself scenery. All this is Batida.

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04.06.2012 | by

Angolanidade revisited – Kuduro

Angolanidade revisited – Kuduro This article explores the role of Kuduro, the popular Angolan electronic music and dance style in the process of updating the national Angolan identity called angolanidade to the conditions of the new millennium.

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27.05.2012 | by Nadine Siegert and Stefanie Alisch

KUDURO, Luanda's beat

KUDURO, Luanda's beat Kuduro sprang up Luanda's musseques (shanty towns) and spread rapidly through the Kandongueiros (street vendors or hawkers). New music appears on a daily basis, feeding Luanda's vocabulary with new expressions, new beats and new moves. This frenetic creation of urban languages plays an important role in today's Luanda, especially among the younger city dwellers.

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11.06.2010 | by Francisca Bagulho