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Música de Moçambique



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Recording studio in Maputo, Mozambique, 2007 (Photo by Funcho)
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Current solo releases:    (Scroll down for other recordings and album participations)

For now, these are widely available only in Mozambique.   I plan to make CDs and individual tracks available for MP3 downloading.   
Please check back later!   For further inquiries - or suggestions - please 
contact me.
Mingas: 'Vuka Africa' 2009 album cover
CD: 'Vuka Africa'

Re-released in June 2009 under
new cover and by new distributor
(FM Music)
1.  Nzumba   (Sox/Zeca Tcheco)
2.  A Nkama wa hi Siya   (Mingas)
3.  Mamana    (Zeca Tcheco)
4.  Uta ti Sola    (Mingas)
5.  Nwananga    (Zeca Tcheco/Mingas)
6.  Vuka Africa    (Mingas)
7.  Klonipho    (Mingas)
8.  Hoya Hoya    (Mingas)
9.  Katanga    (Mingas)
10.  O Pôr-do-Sol    (Mingas)
11.  Tiyisso Djaha    (Mingas)
12.  Xini Xiku Hlopaku    (Mingas)
13.  Djakuta    (Zeca Tcheco/Mingas)

DVD: 'Mingas ao Vivo' album cover
DVD:  'Mingas ao Vivo'

Mingas live at
'Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano'
in Maputo.
(Released November, 2009)


Music content:
1. Ava Sati va Lomu    (Fani Mpfumo)
2. Na Wene    (Mingas)
3. Aliranzo / Klonipho    (Chico Antonio/Mingas)
4. Nzumba    (Sox/Zeca Tcheco)
5. Hoya-Hoya / A Nkama wa hi Siya    (Mingas)
6. Ndekele    (Chico Antonio/Mingas)
7. Tiyisso Djaha / Nweti    (Mingas)
8. Mamana    (Zeca Tcheco)
9. Katanga    (Mingas)
10. Vuka África    (Mingas)
11. Vula Yana    (Mingas)
12. Xikongolatana    (Mingas)



Other recordings and album participations:

Hugh Masekela: 'Phola' album cover

Hugh Masekela: 'Phola'
Gallo 2008

Track #4: Lead vocals by Mingas and Hugh Masekela

1. Nwanayu Valkula (E Pallani)
2. Ghana (Hugh Masekela)
3. Bring it Back Home (Hugh Masekela)
4. Malungelo (Mingas)
5. Moz (Hugh Masekela)
6. Sonny Boy (Hugh Masekela)
7. Weather (Hugh Masekela)
8. The Joke of Life (Brinca de Vivre)
    (J Lucien, G Arantes)
9. Hunger (Hugh Masekela)


Amoya: 'Cineta' album cover

Amoya: 'Cineta'
RFI 1991

Tracks #1, 8: Lead vocals by Mingas and Chico Antonio
Tracks #2, 4, 6: Lead vocals by Mingas

1. Baila Maria (Mingas/Chico Antonio)
2. Nweti (Mingas)
3. Abram Alas (Chico Antonio)
4. Ndekele (Chico Antonio/Mingas)
5. Salanini (Chico Antonio)
6. Xikongolatana (Zeca Tcheco)
7. A Min Ku Kukumana (Chico Antonio/VF Soquiço)
8. Cineta (Chico Antonio)

Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Moçambique - 'Independance' album cover

Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Moçambique: 'Independance'
PI15CD, Piranha (about 1988)

Track #1: Lead vocals by Mingas

1. Elisa Gomara Saia
2. Nhimba Ya'Dota
3. Parabens
4. Marozana
5. Valha
6. Sapateiro
7. Alirandzo
8. Tsiketa Kuni Barassara
9. Nwahulwana

Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Moçambique: 'Piquenique' album cover

Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Moçambique: 'Piquenique'
PIR1043, Piranha 1996

Track #4: Lead vocals by Mingas

1. Wene u n'ga yale
2. Matilde
3. Sobremesa
4. A Va Sati Va Lomu
5. Piquenique
6. Magumba
7. Djika
8. Nwahulwana
9. Djomela
10. Rapsody

Medecins Sans Frontieres: 'Vidas Positivas' album cover

Medecins Sans Frontieres:
'Vidas Positivas'

Mozambique 2002

Track #3: Composition and lead vocals by Mingas

1. Kapa Dech: Choose Life
2. Wazimbo: Amor Seguro
3. Mingas: Xini Xiku Kluphaku
4. Jeremias Nguenha: Hayekani Massango
5. Mr. Arssen: Vidas Positivas
6. Makwaela de Cumbene: Kumapandza
7. Salimo Mohamed: Bernardinho
8. Neima: Motivos de Curtição
9. Various Artists: Sinais Positivos
10. Nondje: Um Abraço Amigo
11. Timbila Muzimba: SIDA Não É Crime
12. Rockfellers: Positivos


Putumayo Presents: 'Women of the World International' album cover

Putumayo Presents: 'Women of the World International'
PUTU119-2, Putumayo 1995

Track #1: Composition and lead vocals by Mingas

1. Amoya: Nweti (Mozambique)
2. Margareth Menezes: Tendo do Amor (Brazil)
3. Angelique Kidjo: Logozo (Benin)
4. Des'ree: Mind Adventures (England)
5. Karen Matheson: Bonaparte (Scotland)
6. Jaqueline Farreyrol: Tant Que N'Aura Soleil (Reunion Islands)
7. Sophia Arviniti: San Proti Fora (Greece)
8. Toni Childs: Zimbabwe (USA)
9. Yehudit Ravitz: Picture (Israel)
10. Amina: Neila (Tunisia)
11. Riské: Kité Yo (Haiti)
12. The Dalom Kids: Ndincedeni (South Africa)