Angola: Sabino Henda Considers 'Magnificent' Evolution of Angolan Music

Angola: Sabino Henda Considers 'Magnificent' Evolution of Angolan Music

Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

1 October 2008
Posted to the web 1 October 2008

Luanda

Angolan music had a "magnificent" evolution in production, promotion and album editing from 1980 to 2008, but there is still need for higher investment in research and training.

This was said Tuesday in Luanda by the renowned Angolan singer Sabino Henda, who emphasised that it is urgent musical training opportunities for singers, promoters and editors.

He also said that there should be more research on the country's typical rhythms.

"We should all go to school and retrieve our roots and value them (...), so we can better fit in globalisation. But for such we also need incentives" stressed the singer, in an interview that comes in the ambit of the International Music Day, marked on October 01.

Sabino Henda, who was one of the most applauded acts in the International Music Festival of Sumbe (Festisumbe 2008), held last weekend, praised the support the state has been giving to artists, but he added that producers and editors were in need of more investment and institutional aid.