Music
Jimmy Dludlu: the Mozambican-born guitarist who became a South African jazz favourite
Jimmy Dludlu, born in Mozambique, became one of South Africa's best-loved jazz guitarists in the late 1990s. His…
Mozambique
Music
Marrabenta: the dance music of Maputo’s suburbs and Mozambique’s national sound
Marrabenta grew in the suburbs of colonial Lourenço Marques, today's Maputo, in the mid-twentieth century. Combining local rhythms…
Arts + Culture
Makonde carving: the ebony sculptures of Tanzania and Mozambique
The Makonde people of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique are famous for sculptures carved from African blackwood. Styles…