Artist:
Bonga
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Discography
Year Of Release:
1997-2016
Label:
Lusafrica, Morabeza, Vidisco...
Genre:
Angolan music, folk, semba
Quality:
FLAC (tracks); Hi-Res
Total Time: 1d 3:23:41
Total Size: 10.6 GB
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Bonga Biography
con of Angolan music Bonga is on first-name terms with the stars and has given true meaning to the concept (albeit multifaceted) of ‘Africanness’. From Luanda to Rotterdam, Paris to Lisbon, and everywhere else, Bonga belongs to that caste of African singers who have sublimated their roots. His rasping, powerful voice is immediately identifiable and anyone listening to his albums remains entranced from start to finish.
He was born José Adelino Barcelo de Carvalho in Kipri on 5 September 1942, but changed his name to Bonga Kuenda when he reached his teens, already showing a keen awareness of the realities of Portuguese colonialism. He learned about music from his father, a fisherman and accordionist, and rapidly grasped its potential impact when linked to the political aspirations of his generation and an inexhaustible melancholic vein.
As he is always ready to explain, he never faltered in his principles. “All Angolan culture was under Portuguese domination. Traditional languages were banned, as was African music. We had no weapons to fight with, so we organised cultural resistance, especially by forming folk groups, including Kissueia, my first band. With Kissueia, I sang songs that revived ancestral African forms and whose lyrics clearly referred to the troubled situation at the time, poverty, colonial violence and latent revolt.”
In the mid-Sixties, Bonga’s athletic talents took him to Portugal. There, he ironically became the national 400-metres champion under his birth name while playing an active part in the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. When the Salazar regime finally realised he was playing a double game, he managed to get out just in time and went into exile in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
There, in 1972, he recorded a harrowing first album soberly entitled “Angola 72”, with Capeverdean musicians for the Dutch label Morabeza (today available on Lusafrica). This key record quickly became something of a soundtrack for Angola’s struggle for independence. Its star song was the emblematic “Mona Ki Ngi Xica”, a lamento of unfathomable Atlantic depth.
His wanderlust then took him to Paris, where he recorded a second album that proved just as important as the first - “Angola 74”, featuring a magnificent version of “Sodade”, which would be popularised by Cesaria Evora nearly twenty years later. With Salazar ousted and Angola now independent, Bonga divided his time between Lisbon and Luanda. He had many hits, but refused to play the part of a Portuguese-speaking Julio Iglesias, although certain producers urged him to do so.
It was not until 2000 that he signed with Lusafrica and immediately released the irresistible “Mulemba Xangola”, sung as a duet with Lura. The song dealt with disturbingly-topical, universal themes. In a way, with its ambience of national reconciliation, this record marked the end of the Angolan Civil War. Three more equally cosmopolitan and danceable albums formulating strong identity-related demands - “Kaxexe” in 2003, “Maiorais” in 2005 and “Bairro” in 2008 - added the final touch to the legend of a singer in perpetual motion.
Bonga is unstoppable on stage, and also when he talks about his country with stars in his eyes and a tremor in his warm, hoarse voice. Although he has been living in Lisbon and Paris for around thirty years, his personal history is terribly coherent. “I began my career as a protest singer. I criticised the Portuguese first, and then my own people. The people lost out in the end. Angola has incredible wealth. Today, the aim is happiness. I don’t want to go into politics. I’m too genuine in what I say. I’m not the kind of person to hang around waiting for freedom to happen.”
Year 2009 saw the release of the “Best of Bonga”, a collection of classics, containing also previously-unreleased (“Dikanga”), rare (“Agua Rara”, “De Maos A Abanar”) or remixed (“Kapakiao”) songs. This eighteen-track compilation covers the legacy of a free man and a great singer. Breaking down physical and musical frontiers with songs and music that appeal to the majority, Bonga is the champion of a sublimated ‘Africanness’ and the voice of a modern, peaceful Angola.
Then in 2012, it was the turn of “Hora Kota” (The Time of the Elders). This is Bonga’s thirtieth album (his fifth studio album on the Lusafrica label) featuring eleven faultless new songs reporting on the state of his native Angola where he is again living after a very long absence. Bonga is a sincere man with broad shoulders. He knows how to dig in his heels and push back. The Netherlands, Paris, Belgium, Lisbon… Bonga has lived everywhere - and in all those places and more, people recognise his greatness of soul. “Hora Kota” is not for the “doutores” - the dignitaries that the downtrodden people invariably called “doctor”. It is a remedy for the blues.
At an age when most people are enjoying a well-earned retirement, Bonga is hugely in demand. Singer Bernard Lavilliers, the perpetual rebel, has covered “Mona Ki Ngi Xica” in French as a duet with the Angolan. African artists of the new generation (such as Gaël Faye and Lexxus Legal) cite his influence and Ana Moura invited him to join a tribute to Amália Rodrigues in Portugal
On his new album “Recados de Fora” (Messages from Elsewhere), Bonga – who just celebrated his 74th birthday – tells the tale of a fascinating journey across different times and continents. The Atlantic Ocean forms an ever-present connecting thread. The singer-songwriter looks back pell-mell over his youth, his increasing awareness of Portuguese colonization, how his fisherman and accordionist father introduced him to music, and his love of semba, the symbol of Angolan national identity (kizomba, a favorite genre for younger generations, is a modernized version of semba). In fact, as one of the last great names in postcolonial African music, Bonga embodies semba today – a fact clearly reflected in “Tonokenu”, a song in the purest tradition of his roots.
Albums
1997 Roça de Jindungo FLAC
1998 Dendém de Açucar FLAC
2000 Falar de Assim FLAC
2000 Mulemba Xangola FLAC
2003 Gerações FLAC
2003 Golden Mix 7292 - Vinte Anos de Sucessos FLAC
2003 Jingonça e Diaka FLAC
2003 Kaxexe FLAC
2003 Malembe Malembe e Reflexão FLAC
2003 Mutamba FLAC
2004 Ao Vivo FLAC
2005 Bonga Live FLAC
2005 Maiorais FLAC
2008 Bairro FLAC
2009 Best of Bonga FLAC
2011 Angola 7274 FLAC
2011 Luso Noir - Music from Portuguese-Speaking Africa FLAC
2012 Hora Kota FLAC
2013 Swinga Swinga FLAC
2013 The Lusafrica Series Angola 72 74 FLAC
2014 Fogo Na Kanjica FLAC
2015 Kandandu (Sodad Serie 4 - Vol. 6) FLAC
2015 Kandandu FLAC
2015 Kualuka Kuetu FLAC
2015 Massemba 87 FLAC
2015 Paz Em Angola FLAC
2015 Preto e Branco FLAC
2015 Raizes FLAC
2015 Sentimento FLAC
2016 20 Sucessos de Ouro FLAC
2016 Best Of FLAC
2016 Recados De Fora 44,1 FLAC Hi-Res
Bonga Singles EPs
2013 Mona Ki Ngi Xica - EP FLAC
2018 Banza Rémy (Bonga meets Batida) FLAC
1997-03-05 Roça de Jindungo
01. Bonga - Roça de Jindungo
02. Bonga - N'Gongo Jetu
03. Bonga - Gevezão
04. Bonga - Quedas do Cai
05. Bonga - Kissende
06. Bonga - Uma Levria
07. Bonga - Clarão da Visão
08. Bonga - Potpourris do Semba
09. Bonga - Kota Escrivão (Instrumental)
10. Bonga - Rebita H
1998-04-08 Dendém de Açucar
01. Bonga - Homem do Saco
02. Bonga - Kiuaias de Agora
03. Bonga - N'ga Ku Mono
04. Bonga - Matutar na Cachimónia
05. Bonga - Areia Quente (Instrumental)
06. Bonga - Dendém de Açucar
07. Bonga - Passar da Onda
08. Bonga - Kiguela
09. Bonga - Kota Bué
10. Bonga - Ritmongoma
2000-01-26 Falar de Assim
01. Bonga - Mutokodia
02. Bonga - Kimone Amarelo
03. Bonga - Mulemba Xangola
04. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
05. Bonga - Kisangusangu
06. Bonga - Recordando Pió
07. Bonga - Falar de Assim
08. Bonga - Água Rara
09. Bonga - Incaldido
10. Bonga - Kanjonja
11. Bonga - De Mãos a Abanar
12. Bonga - Bunguleiros da Noite
2000-10-02 Mulemba Xangola
01. Bonga - Kimone Amarelo
02. Bonga - Ngui Tename
03. Bonga - Recordando Pio
04. Bonga - Incaldido
05. Bonga - Mulemba Xangola
06. Bonga - Escapada
07. Bonga - Bunguleiros Da Noite
08. Bonga - Kamusekele
09. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
10. Bonga - Falar De Assim
11. Bonga - Mutokodias
12. Bonga - Kanjonja
13. Bonga - Kisangusangu
2003-09-30 Gerações
01. Bonga - Sarabanda
02. Bonga - Turma do Bairro
03. Bonga - Gerações
04. Bonga - Kibamba
05. Bonga - Caixa Corneta
06. Bonga - Hungu de Angola
07. Bonga - Imbondeiro Secular
08. Bonga - O Canto dos Craques
09. Bonga - Lágrima de Preta
2003-06-11 Golden Mix 72/92 - Vinte Anos de Sucessos
01. Bonga - Golden Mix 1: Parabéns Ao Rei / Corrumba / Camacove / Jingonça / Vioco-Vioco / Avijota / Frutas / Santana / Kisselengenha / Felici
02. Bonga - Golden Mix 2: Amigo D'Nós / Maria Kasputo / N'Gando / À Vista / Não Acode / Kapiango / Portas da Banda / Muadiakime / Mariquinha
2003-07-24 Jingonça e Diaka
01. Bonga - Jingonça
02. Bonga - Kissende
03. Bonga - Piada Final
04. Bonga - Turubana (Instrumental)
05. Bonga - Kadengue da Rua
06. Bonga - Becos da Banda
07. Bonga - Kapiango
08. Bonga - N'Gandu
09. Bonga - Mariquinha (Versão Discoteca)
10. Bonga - Avijota
11. Bonga - À Vista
12. Bonga - Rumbangola
13. Bonga - Ai Que Massuika
14. Bonga - Alçapão
15. Bonga - Vioco-Vioco
16. Bonga - Praça
17. Bonga - Diaka
2003-04-04 Kaxexe
01. Bonga - Kianje
02. Bonga - Kaxexe
03. Bonga - Marimbondo
04. Bonga - Vira Moda
05. Bonga - Poeira
06. Bonga - Samania
07. Bonga - Kambomborinho
08. Bonga - Kiamangongo
09. Bonga - Diakandumba
10. Bonga - Kapakiao
11. Bonga - Kutonoka
12. Bonga - Moname
13. Bonga - Nucos da Buala
14. Bonga - Turmas do Bairro
2003-08-11 Malembe Malembe e Reflexão
01. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
02. Bonga - Zé Kitumba
03. Bonga - Camacove
04. Bonga - Maria Casputo
05. Bonga - Hino do Carnaval
06. Bonga - Paz em Angola
07. Bonga - Corrumba
08. Bonga - Fogope
09. Bonga - Acácias Feridas
10. Bonga - Frutas de Vontade
11. Bonga - Portas da Banda
12. Bonga - N'Gaeta Kubata
13. Bonga - Malembe-Malembe
14. Bonga - Mariquinha
15. Bonga - Kamakore
16. Bonga - Uma Era
17. Bonga - Das Bi
2003-07-24 Mutamba
01. Bonga - Maria Zuca
02. Bonga - Com Elas
03. Bonga - Bicho Carpinteiro
04. Bonga - Afobados
05. Bonga - Mutamba
06. Bonga - Chamariz
07. Bonga - Madruga
08. Bonga - Xikama
2004-03-25 Ao Vivo
01. Bonga - Kamacove
02. Bonga - Avijota
03. Bonga - Currumba
04. Bonga - N'Gana N'Gonga
05. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
06. Bonga - Praça
07. Bonga - Mariquinha
08. Bonga - Kabolobo
09. Bonga - Makezu
10. Bonga - Frutas de Vontade
11. Bonga - Agua Rara
12. Bonga - Mulemba Xangola
13. Bonga - Sodade
14. Bonga - Sambila
15. Bonga - Diakandumba
16. Bonga - Jingonça
2005-02-07 Bonga Live
01. Bonga - Kambomborinho
02. Bonga - Kamacove
03. Bonga - Marimbondo
04. Bonga - Kisangusangu
05. Bonga - Recordando Pio
06. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica
07. Bonga - Ngana Ngonga
08. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
09. Bonga, Lura - Mulemba Xangola
10. Bonga - Praça
11. Bonga - Galinha Kassafa
12. Bonga - Bonguinha
13. Bonga - Agua Rara
14. Bonga - Kaxexe
15. Bonga - Diakandumba
16. Bonga - Sambila
2005-03-04 Maiorais
01. Bonga - Aname
02. Bonga - Cheiro Do Mato
03. Bonga - Sao Salvador
04. Bonga - Maiorais
05. Bonga - Rebitanga
06. Bonga - Banga Fukula
07. Bonga - Cenas De Gaby
08. Bonga - Xica Kambuta
09. Bonga - Male
10. Bonga - Santo Antonio
11. Bonga - Kuriondo Kanhoka
12. Bonga - Tancinha
13. Bonga - Sambila
2008-10-27 Bairro
01. Bonga - Bairro
02. Bonga - Makamba
03. Bonga - Zukada
04. Bonga - Bilukanje
05. Bonga - Nguenda
06. Bonga - Mana Minga
07. Bonga - Subos
08. Bonga - Kipiri
09. Bonga - Mana Kudila
10. Bonga - Bandada
11. Bonga - Ginica
12. Bonga - Kilumba
13. Bonga - Brukutu
14. Bonga - Palanka Bué
2009-10-05 Best of Bonga
01. Bonga, Lura - Mulemba Xangola
02. Bonga - Nguenda
03. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica
04. Bonga - Kaxexe
05. Bonga - Marimbondo
06. Bonga - Recordando Pio
07. Bonga - Sodade
08. Bonga - Kapakiao
09. Bonga - Dikanga
10. Bonga - Bairro
11. Bonga - Agua Rara
12. Bonga - De Maos A Abanar
13. Bonga - Banga Fukula
14. Bonga - Ngui Tename
15. Bonga - Maiorais
16. Bonga - Zukada
17. Bonga - Kianje
18. Bonga - Kapakiao (Remix)
2011-03-17 Angola 72/74
01. Bonga - Uengi Dia Ngola
02. Bonga - Balumekeno
03. Bonga - Ku Tando
04. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica
05. Bonga - Kilumba Dia Ngola
06. Bonga - Muadikime
07. Bonga - Luanda Nbolo
08. Bonga - Mu Nhango
09. Bonga - Paxi Ni Ngongo
10. Bonga - Muimbo Ua Sabalu
01. Bonga - Venda Poro
02. Bonga - Kubangela
03. Bonga - Ma Kongo
04. Bonga - Roots
05. Bonga - Ghinawa
06. Bonga - Sodade
07. Bonga - Marika
08. Bonga - Ngana Ngonga
09. Bonga - Ai-Ue Mama
10. Bonga - Kinga Kueta
2011 Luso Noir - Music from Portuguese-Speaking Africa
01. Mingas, Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique - A Va Saty Va Lomo
02. Simentera - Dor Di Amor
03. Wazimbo & Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique - Nhimba Ya Dota
04. Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique - Masseve
05. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
06. Dulce, Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique - Tsiketa Kuni Barassara
07. Reziana Jaime - Nduma
08. Simentera - Valsa azul
09. Ghorwane - Pim-Pam-Pum
10. Guimaraes, Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique - Matilde
11. Bonga - Praca
2012-02-12 Hora Kota
01. Bonga - Lelu
02. Bonga - Hora Kota
03. Bonga - Carripana
04. Bonga - Mau pagador
05. Bonga - Kambua
06. Bonga - Kapetas
07. Bonga - Dj Marado
08. Bonga - Boto Boto
09. Bonga - Sai de Cena
10. Bonga - Fontinhas
11. Bonga - Zona Bue
12. Bonga, Bernard Lavilliers - Angola
2013-04-29 Swinga Swinga
01. Bonga - Mariquinha
02. Bonga - Mukanji
03. Bonga - Praça
04. Bonga - Ungu - Dinkanza / Galinha Kassafa
05. Bonga - Avijota
06. Bonga - Monakin´gui Xica
07. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
08. Bonga - Kisselengenha
09. Bonga - Makongo
10. Bonga - Mama Lala - Muadiakime
11. Bonga - Jingonça
2013-09-30 The Lusafrica Series: Angola 72 / 74
01. Bonga - Uengi Dia Ngola
02. Bonga - Balumukeno
03. Bonga - Ku Tando
04. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica
05. Bonga - Kilumba Dia Ngola
06. Bonga - Muadikime
07. Bonga - Luanda Nbolo
08. Bonga - Mu Nhango
09. Bonga - Paxi Ni Ngongo
10. Bonga - Muimbo Ua Sabalu
01. Bonga - Venda Poro
02. Bonga - Kubangela
03. Bonga - Ma Kongo
04. Bonga - Roots
05. Bonga - Ghinawa
06. Bonga - Sodade
07. Bonga - Marika
08. Bonga - Ngana Ngonga
09. Bonga - Ai-Ue Mama
10. Bonga - Kinga Kueta
2014-09-02 Fogo Na Kanjica
01. Bonga - Fogo Na Kanjica
02. Bonga - Bolero de Rangel
03. Bonga - Odgi Magoado
04. Bonga - Sacudidos
05. Bonga - Restos de Casa
06. Bonga - Komboxa
07. Bonga - A Chama
08. Bonga - A Maka
2015-03-10 Kandandu (Sodad Serie 4 - Vol. 6)
01. Bonga - Sambila
02. Bonga - Um Kandandu Amigo
03. Bonga - Mambia
04. Bonga - Saudades Terras Enclave
05. Bonga - Mindjeris Di Pano Preto
06. Bonga - Kamusekele
07. Bonga - Malalanza
08. Bonga - Nguzu
09. Bonga - Iokangue
2015-05-11 Kandandu
01. Bonga - Sambila
02. Bonga - Um Kandandu Amigo
03. Bonga - Mambia
04. Bonga - Saudades Terras Enclave
05. Bonga - Mindjeris Di Pano Preto
06. Bonga - Kamusekele
07. Bonga - Malalanza
08. Bonga - Nguzu
09. Bonga - Iokangue
2015-05-11 Kualuka Kuetu
01. Bonga - Kualuka Kueto
02. Bonga - Kambumbo
03. Bonga - Ixiámi
04. Bonga - Ngila
05. Bonga - Pió-Pió
06. Bonga - Celó-Celó
07. Bonga - Mamá Lála
08. Bonga - Blues 9.9.9.
2015-05-11 Massemba 87
01. Bonga - Santo António
02. Bonga - Santana
03. Bonga - Galinha Kassafa
04. Bonga - Kilombelombe
05. Bonga - Rumba Miloca
06. Bonga - Anami
07. Bonga - Sopio Mu Dibuim
08. Bonga - Difuba
2015-04-08 Paz Em Angola
01. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
02. Bonga - Zé Kitumba
03. Bonga - Camacove
04. Bonga - Maria Casputo
05. Bonga - Hino de Carnaval (Instrumental)
06. Bonga - Paz Em Angola
07. Bonga - Acacias Feridas
08. Bonga - Carrumba
09. Bonga - Bi
10. Bonga - Mariquinha
11. Bonga - Malembe Malembe
12. Bonga - Portas de Banda
2015-05-11 Preto e Branco
01. Bonga - Água do Bengo
02. Bonga - Budum
03. Bonga - N'zumbi
04. Bonga - Lua da Banda
05. Bonga - Suco de Manga
06. Bonga - Rumbassekele
07. Bonga - Toti
08. Bonga - Longe de Mim
09. Bonga - Kabolobo
10. Bonga - Bonguinha
2015-05-11 Raizes
01. Bonga - Llia
02. Bonga - Ramedi Djá Tem
03. Bonga - Mochorinho Codé
04. Bonga - No Speed Limit
05. Bonga - Piza Na Fulô
06. Bonga - Homenagem Ao Fogo-Negro
07. Bonga - Dois Poemas Irmãos
08. Bonga - Rebita
09. Bonga - Capoeira
10. Bonga - Kiosque
2015-05-11 Sentimento
01. Bonga - Não Acode
02. Bonga - Tempos de Caprandanda
03. Bonga - Mukanji
04. Bonga - Xica
05. Bonga - Kisselengenha
06. Bonga - Kissueia
07. Bonga - Kua Sanzala
08. Bonga - Ilha do Cabo
2016-04-15 20 Sucessos de Ouro
01. Bonga - Mariquinha
02. Bonga - Currumba
03. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
04. Bonga - Gerações
05. Bonga - Mutamba
06. Bonga - Jingonça
07. Bonga - Portas da Banda
08. Bonga - Camacove
09. Bonga - Kibamba
10. Bonga - Maria Casputo
11. Bonga - Ai Que Massuika
12. Bonga - Sarabanda
13. Bonga - Frutas de Vontade
14. Bonga - Xikama
15. Bonga - Diaka
16. Bonga - Malembe-Malembe
17. Bonga - Avijota
18. Bonga - Maria Zuka
19. Bonga - Zé Kitumba
20. Bonga - Kapiango
2016-07-18 Best Of
01. Bonga - Currumba
02. Bonga - Olhos Molhados
03. Bonga - Mariquinha
04. Bonga - Frutas de Vontade
05. Bonga - Malembe-Malembe
06. Bonga - Homem do Saco
07. Bonga - Matutar Na Cachimónia
08. Bonga - Kissende
09. Bonga - Rumbangola
10. Bonga - Kapiango
11. Bonga - Roça de Jindungo
12. Bonga - Bolero de Rangel
13. Bonga - Fogo Na Kanjica
14. Bonga - Gevezão
15. Bonga - Jingonça
16. Bonga - Zé Kitumba
17. Bonga - Portas da Banda
18. Bonga - Camacove
19. Bonga - Maria Casputo
20. Bonga - Xikama
2016 Recados De Fora
01. Bonga - Água Raz
02. Bonga - Tonokenu
03. Bonga - Banza Rémy
04. Bonga - Ngo Kuivu
05. Bonga - Sodade, Meu Bem, Sodade
06. Bonga - Recados de Fora
07. Bonga - Espalha
08. Bonga - Anangola
09. Bonga - Odji Maguado
10. Bonga - Outros Tempos
11. Bonga - Marikota
2013-07-15 Mona Ki Ngi Xica - EP
01. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica (Original Version)
02. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica (Radio Edit)
03. Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica (Live)
2018-11-16 Banza Rémy (Bonga meets Batida)
01. Bonga - Banza Rémy (Bonga meets Batida)
02. Bonga - Banza Rémy (Bonga meets Batida) (Radio Edit)
2016-10-21 Banza Rémy
01. Bonga - Banza Rémy
2016-10-14 Sodade, Meu Bem, Sodade
01. Bonga - Sodade, Meu Bem, Sodade
2016-10-28 Tonokenu
01. Bonga - Tonokenu