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#Norway
https://www.norway.no/en/missions/wto-un/our-priorities/other-issues/pressreleasenorway/norwaygovstatementgaza/#Turkey
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/709690/international/turkish-parliament-approves-motion-on-suspending-israels-un-membership#Afghanistan, #Algeria, #Angola, #Bahrain, #Bangladesh, #Barbados, #Belarus, #Belize, #Bolivia, #Bosnia, #Brazil, #Brunei, #Chad, #Chile, #China, #Colombia, #Comoros, #Cuba, #Djibuti, #Egypt, #Gambia, #Ghana, #Guyana, #Indonesia, #Iran, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Kuwait, #Kyrgyzstan, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Malaysia, #Maldives, #Mauritaina, #Mexico, #Morocco, #Namibia, many others:
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#Norway
https://www.norway.no/en/missions/wto-un/our-priorities/other-issues/pressreleasenorway/norwaygovstatementgaza/#Turkey
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/709690/international/turkish-parliament-approves-motion-on-suspending-israels-un-membership#Afghanistan, #Algeria, #Angola, #Bahrain, #Bangladesh, #Barbados, #Belarus, #Belize, #Bolivia, #Bosnia, #Brazil, #Brunei, #Chad, #Chile, #China, #Colombia, #Comoros, #Cuba, #Djibuti, #Egypt, #Gambia, #Ghana, #Guyana, #Indonesia, #Iran, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Kuwait, #Kyrgyzstan, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Malaysia, #Maldives, #Mauritaina, #Mexico, #Morocco, #Namibia, many others:
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#Norway
https://www.norway.no/en/missions/wto-un/our-priorities/other-issues/pressreleasenorway/norwaygovstatementgaza/#Turkey
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/709690/international/turkish-parliament-approves-motion-on-suspending-israels-un-membership#Afghanistan, #Algeria, #Angola, #Bahrain, #Bangladesh, #Barbados, #Belarus, #Belize, #Bolivia, #Bosnia, #Brazil, #Brunei, #Chad, #Chile, #China, #Colombia, #Comoros, #Cuba, #Djibuti, #Egypt, #Gambia, #Ghana, #Guyana, #Indonesia, #Iran, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Kuwait, #Kyrgyzstan, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Malaysia, #Maldives, #Mauritaina, #Mexico, #Morocco, #Namibia, many others:
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#Norway
https://www.norway.no/en/missions/wto-un/our-priorities/other-issues/pressreleasenorway/norwaygovstatementgaza/#Turkey
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/709690/international/turkish-parliament-approves-motion-on-suspending-israels-un-membership#Afghanistan, #Algeria, #Angola, #Bahrain, #Bangladesh, #Barbados, #Belarus, #Belize, #Bolivia, #Bosnia, #Brazil, #Brunei, #Chad, #Chile, #China, #Colombia, #Comoros, #Cuba, #Djibuti, #Egypt, #Gambia, #Ghana, #Guyana, #Indonesia, #Iran, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Kuwait, #Kyrgyzstan, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Malaysia, #Maldives, #Mauritaina, #Mexico, #Morocco, #Namibia, many others:
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#Norway
https://www.norway.no/en/missions/wto-un/our-priorities/other-issues/pressreleasenorway/norwaygovstatementgaza/#Turkey
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/709690/international/turkish-parliament-approves-motion-on-suspending-israels-un-membership#Afghanistan, #Algeria, #Angola, #Bahrain, #Bangladesh, #Barbados, #Belarus, #Belize, #Bolivia, #Bosnia, #Brazil, #Brunei, #Chad, #Chile, #China, #Colombia, #Comoros, #Cuba, #Djibuti, #Egypt, #Gambia, #Ghana, #Guyana, #Indonesia, #Iran, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Kuwait, #Kyrgyzstan, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Malaysia, #Maldives, #Mauritaina, #Mexico, #Morocco, #Namibia, many others:
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eight
We had instructions not to drink the water out of the taps; after my stint in the SADF I could not believe how dirty the showers and toilets were, and would not have wanted to drink from those taps anyway. Having been a civilian for the past 10 years had made me squeamish. I would soon be cured! We found a storeroom ourselves, with 5-litre bottles of water with Portuguese labels. As I have mentioned, no-one went out of their way to be helpful. The military being what it is, everyone has to have an image; perhaps this is to fool oneself about how dangerous the situation really is. We got a decent chow and a few beers at about 3 o’clock. Up till then it was warm bottled water. We were lent plates and pikstels but the kak-sleg store-man wanted them back.
Later when I went on my first Pass, flew out of Caba Ledo, and it then looked like an old SADF camp. Clean!
Pikstel is a set , knife, fork , spoon. Kak-sleg is Shit- bad.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eight
We had instructions not to drink the water out of the taps; after my stint in the SADF I could not believe how dirty the showers and toilets were, and would not have wanted to drink from those taps anyway. Having been a civilian for the past 10 years had made me squeamish. I would soon be cured! We found a storeroom ourselves, with 5-litre bottles of water with Portuguese labels. As I have mentioned, no-one went out of their way to be helpful. The military being what it is, everyone has to have an image; perhaps this is to fool oneself about how dangerous the situation really is. We got a decent chow and a few beers at about 3 o’clock. Up till then it was warm bottled water. We were lent plates and pikstels but the kak-sleg store-man wanted them back.
Later when I went on my first Pass, flew out of Caba Ledo, and it then looked like an old SADF camp. Clean!
Pikstel is a set , knife, fork , spoon. Kak-sleg is Shit- bad.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eight
We had instructions not to drink the water out of the taps; after my stint in the SADF I could not believe how dirty the showers and toilets were, and would not have wanted to drink from those taps anyway. Having been a civilian for the past 10 years had made me squeamish. I would soon be cured! We found a storeroom ourselves, with 5-litre bottles of water with Portuguese labels. As I have mentioned, no-one went out of their way to be helpful. The military being what it is, everyone has to have an image; perhaps this is to fool oneself about how dangerous the situation really is. We got a decent chow and a few beers at about 3 o’clock. Up till then it was warm bottled water. We were lent plates and pikstels but the kak-sleg store-man wanted them back.
Later when I went on my first Pass, flew out of Caba Ledo, and it then looked like an old SADF camp. Clean!
Pikstel is a set , knife, fork , spoon. Kak-sleg is Shit- bad.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eight
We had instructions not to drink the water out of the taps; after my stint in the SADF I could not believe how dirty the showers and toilets were, and would not have wanted to drink from those taps anyway. Having been a civilian for the past 10 years had made me squeamish. I would soon be cured! We found a storeroom ourselves, with 5-litre bottles of water with Portuguese labels. As I have mentioned, no-one went out of their way to be helpful. The military being what it is, everyone has to have an image; perhaps this is to fool oneself about how dangerous the situation really is. We got a decent chow and a few beers at about 3 o’clock. Up till then it was warm bottled water. We were lent plates and pikstels but the kak-sleg store-man wanted them back.
Later when I went on my first Pass, flew out of Caba Ledo, and it then looked like an old SADF camp. Clean!
Pikstel is a set , knife, fork , spoon. Kak-sleg is Shit- bad.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eight
We had instructions not to drink the water out of the taps; after my stint in the SADF I could not believe how dirty the showers and toilets were, and would not have wanted to drink from those taps anyway. Having been a civilian for the past 10 years had made me squeamish. I would soon be cured! We found a storeroom ourselves, with 5-litre bottles of water with Portuguese labels. As I have mentioned, no-one went out of their way to be helpful. The military being what it is, everyone has to have an image; perhaps this is to fool oneself about how dangerous the situation really is. We got a decent chow and a few beers at about 3 o’clock. Up till then it was warm bottled water. We were lent plates and pikstels but the kak-sleg store-man wanted them back.
Later when I went on my first Pass, flew out of Caba Ledo, and it then looked like an old SADF camp. Clean!
Pikstel is a set , knife, fork , spoon. Kak-sleg is Shit- bad.
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https://www.europesays.com/afrika/51320/ ASD Calcio Saonara Villatora – Ausländische Spieler aus Angola #Angola #ASDCalcioSaonaraVillatora #Italien
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/411723/ Macau and Angola sign mutual visa exemption agreement #angola #international #Macau #MNA
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Wegen einer Entzündung im Bein kam der Achtjährige Amari nach Deutschland. Am Ende rettete eine seltene Herz-Operation sein Leben.#WDR #Friedensdorf #Angola #Amari #Herzoperation #Fußball #Herz #Oberhausen #NRW
Dank riskanter Herz-OP: Achtjähriger kann wieder Fußball spielen -
https://www.europesays.com/afrika/51180/ Società Calcio Leffe – Ausländische Spieler aus Angola #Angola #Italien #SocietàCalcioLeffe
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/410852/ Charger spikers power past Angola | Heraldrepublican #AmericanFootball #angola #NationalFootballLeague #sports
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/410616/ Fort Wayne Artists Guild brings show to Angola | Heraldrepublican #angola #art #artist #FortWayne #indiana #SteubenCounty #TheArts #VisualArts #VisualArtsMedia
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/410450/ “Crude Oil: Power, Turnaround and Transformation in Angola” Gains Backing from Industry Leaders #Africa #angola #Business #energy #Infrastructure #OilAndGas
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/410367/ SMALL-CAP MOVERS: Angola, the Falklands and deep-sea data centres #02p #14 #28 #28August #AdonisPouroulis #African #AfricanMineralsLtd #aim #angola #Block14 #BWEnergy #Chariot #Chevron #Company #Eroxon #EtuEnergias #falklands #FRA:GHA0) shares #FuturaMedical #OrcadianEnergyPLC #partnership #PeekoLiveCommerce #plymouth #PlymouthFisheries #ProspectiveResources #Southern #SouthernPetroleum #SuttonHarbourHoldings #SuttonHarbourMarina #TIKTOK #TikTokLiveAndTikTokAuctions
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The Mexican Chronicles – Seven
Then we went through the normal – for some people – shit, with the store-men, to get our kit. Don’t really like rear echelon soldiers, and with good reason. In the SADF we called them jam-stealers; this lot proved no different. What was really surprising was the lack of kit issued. We got: boots: 1 pair, shirts: 2, trousers: 2 pairs, sheets: 1 pair, blanket: 1, mossie net: 1, underpants: 3 pairs, socks: 2 pairs.
That’s not the bad part. What was worrying, was what we didn’t get: mess equipment, water bottle, webbing, groundsheet, spade. Even worse – no assault rifle!
A white boy in an African country at war, in a soldier’s uniform with no weapon? Not good at all, safe camp or not. We spent most of the first day packing kasse (Army steel cupboards) and tents onto vehicles. It was a strange feeling, wearing commie cammos in a strange land with a bunch of generally unfriendly guys. I learned later these ou-manne had only been there a week or two longer than us. Assholes! My pay number was 158 and a few on the payroll were still in Pretoria; this was early days for Executive Outcomes.
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Bimbi’s Letters
BIMBI’S LETTERS
In any military situation the Brass knows that letters from home are important for morale, so Executive Outcomes set up a similar system to what most of us had known in the SADF. Obviously without all the bullshit, like having to do push-ups if your letter smelt of perfume. Every plane that came in had some mail for us. We could get stamps at the canteen and our letters would be posted from “The House” in Pretoria. My mail was mainly from Charmaine; she even sent some drawings based on what I wrote about camp life.
We had been in Angola for a few months when I noticed that Bimbi never received any mail. So I watched to see if he ever sent any out; he did not. I knew he had a wife and kids living in Phalaborwa, although he was Congolese. At this stage the South African news was full of stories, some actually true, of a bunch of South African mercenaries in Angola. A few guys had been killed already and the newspapers were having a field day. Charmaine kept a photo of three bodies; dead and half-naked, that Savimbi had sent to the South African news services as a warning to keep South African soldiers out of his country. I’m sure all the wives and girlfriends were eagerly waiting for mail.
One day I asked Bimbi why he did not write, would his wife not be worrying about him? Now, Bimbi was a really black man, not some shade of brown. If he could have, he would have blushed. The story was, he and his wife had no common written language. Although he could speak five or six languages, he could only write in French. His wife, being from Venda, probably had never even heard French before she met Bimbi.
I offered to write on his behalf, and, after much cajoling, Bimbi arrived in my tent late one night. It was touching to see how embarrassed this hard-assed ex-5 Recce soldier was; so shy about his personal life. He told me to write that he was well and to ask how are the kids. That was it! When I asked if I should write that he missed his wife, he nearly crawled under the bed. I then teased him further. I asked if I should tell her how much he loved her, too. We eventually sent a letter off. His next embarrassment came when Goodness, his wife, replied. The poor bugger couldn’t read English either. So he snuck into my tent late one night again and very shamefacedly asked me if I would mind reading his letter. The cost to him must have been enormous. He was pleased that his family were all well. Bimbi was a truly brave man, in every respect, and I liked him all the more for it.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Six
Caba Ledo
After attending to the basics, the first thing I noticed was the heat. We had flown along a coastline for the past hour or more, so I knew that we were close to the sea. There was not another plane in sight. We had flown in at 32000 ft., which I believe is out of range for SAM 7s, and had dived to ground level at an alarming rate of descent for the same reason. The second thing I noticed was that the bush was not as thick as I would have expected. A white soldier in cammos climbed on the wing to refuel the Kingair, which took off as soon as possible, again for obvious reasons.
The guy that was refuelling the plane?
His name was Michael da Silva, I never met him or spoke to him while in EO, so never knew his name then, you shall meet him later in the original story he was un-named, here we shall read a LOT more about him, apart from the food story, his linking me up with Jack Murphy, and having Eeben Barlow contact me about HIS revised version of his book Against All Odds. I nearly go a mistaking ID mention in it, lucky Eeben does his research! Ja. But that happened 20 years after EO was disbanded, plus a few …. discussions with Sargeant Pelsur, not very pleasant ones! Asshole.
Back to Caba Ledo now
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Batida (2012)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/batida-2012/
The debut album from Batida, the brainchild of Angolan / Portuguese Pedro Coquenão. A distinctly modern and vibrant project with its feet firmly rooted in the past, these tracks combine samples from old 1970s Angolan tracks with modern electronic dance music. Music is the starting point but through dance, graphics, photography, radio and video, Batida […]
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Afro Panico – Matimba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-panico-matimba/
Os Afro Panico est un trio de musiciens et de danseurs angolais formé par Silvio Aleks, Sydney Lima et Brayma West. Ce groupe de Kuduro et d’AfroHouse s’est rendu très populaire dans les années 2010 avec ses tubes “Wololo” et “Matimba”.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Five
, a civilian courier service that flew us in and out. We handed in our passports and Trevor and I made acquaintance with our first real live Selous Scout, Bruce. He was in his late forties or early fifties and rather outspoken. We eventually climbed aboard a Kingair, along with a bull terrier, which let off the most terrible farts for the next six hours. Apparently he belonged to RMS Reima at the training camp called Longa. That dog did a bit worse than just fart a bit farting while at Rio Longa.
On this first trip no one had any booze, not even I, as we were clueless about the “security” at the airport. Keep in mind that Lanseria at this time was a couple of small buildings, nothing like it looks now. Over the years since then I did notice that the airport was a hotspot for all kinds of illegal shit. Once it was upgraded the illegal shit was transferred to our military , the Air Force bases. When a tagged Rhino Horn left Hoedspruit at a few hundred kilometres an hour I wrote that it is the military and got shot down for that. But. The Gupta Business proved that I was on track. I slept on and off, and by the time we landed didn’t know if I wanted more desperately to piss or smoke. Did both simultaneously.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Four
………climbing into bed with me every morning after her mother had left for work, just in panties and a T-shirt! I had to go – anywhere! So far nothing too serious had happened, but it was coming. I went. Charmaine took us to the airport; that early in the morning, Lanseria is dead quiet. We looked around and saw a couple of other chaps standing around looking confused. You can’t really waltz up to someone and ask, ‘Where is the flight for the “gonnabe” mercenaries,’ can you? Besides, although we had a good idea that it was to Angola, we weren’t supposed to know where we were going anyway. We all stood around until some reasonably well-dressed guy came and asked us what we were looking for. We met the pilots from Capricorn Systems, a civilian courier service……..
to be continued
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The Mexican Chronicles – Three
……….fight. I didn’t care. We’d been told to bring a pair of shorts and some sandals, and that everything else would be provided. We were to be at Lanseria airport at 3 am that Wednesday.
Now we just had to wait, so we went drinking again, hitting Froggo’s for an afternoon session. Froggo’s was my afternoon and evening pub, in the day it always had a few people I knew drinking, and at night the music was usually good. Mike became a big fan of Froggo’s and used to drive from Pretoria to come drinking with us. When I got home in the afternoon, Samantha was crying and saying how I was sure to be killed, how every man in her life left her: her father, her boyfriends. I should mention now that my life was getting complicated at this stage. Samantha had got into the habit of climbing into bed with me every morning…… to be continued.
Big Five Wars is my main mission for now and they also get updated regularly.
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The New Mexican Chronicles – One
Bilbo Baggins said something along the lines of: ‘One ought to be very careful when one steps out of one’s door, as one never knows where one may end up.’
I stepped out of the proverbial door with the intention of getting horribly drunk at the local pub, which was conveniently within walking distance. I was doing just this when someone I’d had a nodding acquaintance with ten years back in the army, walked into the pub.
We were both not working me by choice because I had just sold my house and inherited a nice sum of money, Trevor because he couldn’t find work at that time. Anyway, Trevor had heard that, somewhere in Pretoria, a company was looking for men with operational experience to train troops in some African country, and they were paying very well – in Dollars! He had a contact name: Sergeant Pelsur, a company name: Executive Something, and a telephone number he was too bloody scared to act on. Well, I’m not known to be a man who sits on his hands, so after a good few drinks, off we went to my girlfriend’s house to make the call. All went well and an appointment was set up for the following day.
This, by the way, was Monday. I gave Trevor some money for petrol and booze and we both tried to find our old army records. My girlfriend Charmaine came home and I told her the news. She took it quite well but her 17-year-old daughter, Samantha, was none too happy. And that is another tale with a Devil’s Tail attached. The next morning, after my customary breakfast of a six-pack and a few shots of vodka……. to be continued
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Blogue qui présente des écogestes, des technologies vertes, dans le domaine du logement, du jardinage, du transport et de l'énergie, du textile et de la mode, l'agriculture et l'alimentation, la santé et du bien-être, la finance responsable, ainsi que des références de livres
Plus: https://www.revolutionverte.fr
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Eddy Tussa – Angolano Kikola
https://amf.didiermary.fr/eddy-tussa-angolano-kikola/
Conceição Bartolomeu António (born in March 1977), better known by his stage name Eddy Tussa, is a singer and member of Warrant-B since 1993. “Angolano Kikola” was filmed in Luanda City, Angola.
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Ary – Pelo Menos 50 Feat. Titica
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ary-pelo-menos-50-titica/
Angola’s Ary teamed up with kudurista Titica on the DJ Dias Rodrigues-produced ‘Pelo Menos 50.’ The track features on Rogrigues’ Picante Vol. 5 (Spotify) compilation and the video was filmed in Luanda’s Bairro Operário.
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Ary Feat. DJ Jesus – Mama
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ary-djjesus-mama/
“Mama” by Ary is featured on the EP “Da Banda Collective, Vol. 1” – Dj Jesus is known as a promoter of Afro music culture for his productions and unique way of playing with batuques.
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Pongo – Tambulaya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pongo-tambulaya/
Angolan singer and rapper Pongo (Engracia Domingos da Silva – born in 1992) in “Tambulaya” from her first EP “Baia” released in 2018.
The video draws from memories of attending dance competitions and seeing members of her family “feverishly” dancing and “showing off” on the floor.
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DJs Di Guetto
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djs-di-guetto/
DJs Di Guetto is a compilation of Angolan Kuduro from Portugal, by DJ Marfox, DJ Nervoso, DJ N.K, DJ Foxufo, DJ Pausas and DJ Jesse. This 13-track album of Afro-Portuguese sounds direct from the Lisbon scene is taken from Volume 1, originally released in 2006 to capture the African dance music spirit from the outskirts […]
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Pongo – Começa & Bruxos
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pongo-comeca-bruxos/
Listen to Começa and Bruxos by Kudurista Pongo.
Pongo embodies the renewal of Kuduro, mixing her African, Langan & Zairian roots with EDM, bass music, dancehall & melodic pop. Her powerful, rhythmic, but equally fragile & sensitive voice draws us into her world, on the borders of dance & saudade, where no one has taken […]
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Titica – Olha o Boneco
https://amf.didiermary.fr/titica-olha-o-boneco/
Titica is an Angolan kuduro musician and dancer, with a Congolese background that influences her music.
Her stage name is Portuguese for “worthless” or “useless”; she chose the name to reclaim the hateful words that have been directed at her as a trans woman. -
DJ Malvado – Zenze Feat. Eddy Tussa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djmalvado-zenze-eddy-tussa/
DJ Malvado is a DJ, producer and artist who brings the rhythms of Africa to the world: Afro House, Afrobeat, Kizomba and unique fusions inspired by the roots of the Portuguese-speaking African countries.
“Zenze” is a track released in 2012, and remixed multiple times since. It features Eddy Tussa, a well known Angolan singer.
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Kuduro anyone? (2) With a story inside…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kuduro-anyone-profile-picture/
Where does the profile picture (PP) I use on my main Mastodon account @cybeardjm come from?
Check the post and watch the video...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoUD72U0cHQ&list=RDyoUD72U0cHQ&start_radio=1
Is it still #kuduro if it's inexplicable?
