A music genre that is only a few decades old has captured the hearts of many Angolans. Eduardo Paim, the genre's founder, shares his musical influences and what effect Kizomba has had on his country.

LUANDA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - It's a warm humid afternoon in Luanda Bay - an urban waterfront on Angola's Atlantic shore. Pairs of dancers in close embrace sway their hips from left to right and shuffle ...

Some call it the sensuous or risqué dance, but slowly grooving to bachata or kizomba is the best remedy for a bad day. Small wonder that more people are jumping on the social dancing bandwagon and ...

Kizomba is a style of dance which has become really prominent in Angolan culture in recent decades. The word "Kizomba" means "celebration" or "party" in Kimbundu, a Bantu language. The dance style ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A new wave of social dancing is slowly gaining momentum, providing Trivians with a peppy means to reinvigorate themselves amid the pressures of mundane and stressful lifestyles.

Luanda — The Angolan government wants to present to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) the application of the Kizomba dance style as Intangible Heritage of ...

Kizomba, which means “party” in Kimbundu, one of Angola’s local languages, is a dance and music genre which developed in the 1980’s in the capital Luanda, swiftly becoming a part of Angolan cultural ...