ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

I bought this album a week ago at Moyo's (a place simply indescribable in the outskirts of Stellenbosch, South Africa - you just have to visit it!) when I went there for the first time with a group of women friends.
Enjoy!

Ambient Africa


Ancient sounds are what we call "ambient" today. Blending indigenous instruments and modern sounds with voice is a method of preserving indigenous sounds in a contemporary way

I'm Free


(Written for the soundtrack of The Return of Saartjie Baartman)
Saartjie Baartman was known as the 'Hottentot Venus' as her sexuality was linked with the Goddess of Love

African Meditation


"Life is light and light is life, and so colour is sound and sound colour"

Sufi Inayet Khan

The Healing

Let's heal ourselves

{Except for the last, the words describing the songs are by Pops Mohammed}

When Blue turns into Orange...

DE VOLTA AS TERRAS DE MADIBA

Estarei aqui baseada por algum tempo, trabalhando em algo que nao me vai permitir blogar regularmente.

Mas tentarei tanto quanto possivel manter-vos postados.

Lullabies and Cradle Songs from the Motherland

Finding this CD in the middle of millions of CDs at Cascais Shopping (a shopping mall near Cascais which I rarely visit) was a mere coincidence... or ARE there really coincidences in Life?... So I bought the last ones left to offer during Christmas (kept one for myself) and would also have bought the other CD of the series («African Lullaby») if available.

«A collection of emotional and moving songs from all over Africa, some familiar and some refreshingly new, performed by the most prestigious African musicians. Lyrics in various languages, lifting and comforting. Music using tradidional instruments, this recording will warm the hearts of every child and everyone who was ever a child...»

Will be posting during the next weeks the lyrics of the songs and their translation into English Language as taken from this CD's beautiful booklet.

WE ARE BACK!!! ESTAMOS DE VOLTA!!!