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An activist and energetic kuduro who remembers the young people who have to work to improve the country and a spiritual proposal that fuses tradition with blues, jazz and soul, won the eighth edition of the musical contest Vis a vis of Casa África, which took place in Angola last March, and whose winners will be touring several Spanish festivals in the month of July among which is the Sea of ​​Music.
"Vis a Vis is a professional meeting between Spanish cultural promoters and African musicians that Casa África has been celebrating for seven years in the neighboring continent, with a double objective: on the one hand, to guarantee a greater presence of African music in the Spanish stages, Thanks to the tour that the winning groups make for the festivals participating in the program, and on the other, to generate cultural industry in Africa, a program that we have joined since its inception, "said the Councilor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, David Martinez Noguera .
To get the energy that Cast da Paz transmits, it will perform on Saturday, July 22 in the square of the City Hall of Caragena, you just have to have them close and get carried away by their aerobic choreography and by the committed lyrics of songs that make up so far Single disc, of which they have edited 5,000 copies.
This band of six Luis from humble origin was formed three years ago and has acted as such in clubs and at an electronic music festival in Ibiza.
Before, its members, who are also dancers, had traveled for work to Sweden, Holland, Spain, France, Kenya, the United States and Brazil.
In addition to forming the largest kuduro group in Angola, these artists have been rewarded for their success 'Rice with beans', an apparently superfluous title that nevertheless alludes to the basic and repetitive food that they could only access as children In a country that ended in a decades-long civil war in 2002.
To raise public awareness on issues such as this, sustainability, or the need to recycle waste so as not to contribute to the recurrence of a yellow fever epidemic such as that recorded in Angola in 2015, and which killed 30 to 40 people at Day, Cast of Peace is used in depth in its spectacles with impossible pirouettes, an unrestrained rhythm and the social load that have its subjects, that almost religiously chant their numerous followers.
As committed as Cast of Peace, but with life, human growth and spirituality, after the moments that have passed this 37-year-old Luanda is the project of Serpio Tomas, artistically known as Toto, Saturday, July 15 Also in the Town Hall square.
Toto talks about the everyday problems of Angolan society in his songs, but also about human growth and goodness because he believes that music is a very powerful instrument to convey positive messages and that the artist has to be positive in order to help others to grow.
Accompanied by a band with which he has already played in Portugal, Mozambique and Brazil, this self-taught Englishman learned to watch movies, read and listen to music and that, based on his effort, he managed to play the guitar without help.
After seven editions (Senegal 2010, Cape Verde 2011, Ethiopia 2012, South Africa 2013, Tanzania 2014, Dakar 2015 and Ivory Coast 2016) Vis a vis landed in 2017 in Angola and is consolidated as a professional meeting known and respected in Spain and in Africa.
This project of Casa África has ended up becoming a powerful tool for the diffusion of African music in our country.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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