05/13/2026
New Mix! Listen to the Afro Som da Radio Moçambique - Acoustic & Digital Marrabenta 70s-90s Luso East Afica Special. Available on SoundCloud- https://soundcloud.com/afroritmo/afrosomdaradiomocambique
MixCloud- https://www.mixcloud.com/AfroRitmo/o-afro-som-da-radio-mo%C3%A7ambique-acoustic-digital-marrabenta-70s-90s-c-sir-ramases/
This mix showcases the arrival of traditional mozambican music to the national Radio Mozambique ( formerly Radio Clude de Mozambique ) after being banned by Portuguese colonizers since its inception. You'll hear radio drops, excerpts from president Samora Machel's free and independent Frelimo controlled Mozambique, as well as 1970s to 1990s acoustic/digital mbira (xylophone) and marrabenta on cassette tape, vinyl, and reel format.
Recorded in Barranquilla, Colombia - April 25, 2026
For those interested, here are articles and videos about 70s-90s mozambique music....
Filme do Festival da Canção e da Música Tradicional de Moçambique - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOf8IWjvtcE
In heavy rotation’: uncovering the phonographic industry and the ‘NGOMA national label’ in socialist Mozambique (1978–1990) - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108…12.2023.2168287
Conversation with Pedro Ben - www.songlines.co.uk/features/a-conv…that-it-existed
Radio Mozambique -- English & Portuguese service (1984) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9plCkyE8js
