THE HISTORY AND IDENTITY OF MOZAMBIQUE BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH THE LIVES AND STORIES OF TWO OF ITS OLD MUSICIANS, WHO HAVE SUNG THEIR WAY THROUGH THEIR COUNTRY’S RAPID HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION OVER THE 40 YEARS FROM COLONIALISM TO COMMUNISM, JOINED BY YOUNG MUSICIANS WHO PLAY JAZZ, FUNK AND HIP-HOP.

hey survive playing and singing their sorrows and happy memories. Young Mozambican musicians who play Jazz, Funky and Hip Hop join a group of elders who play Marrabenta, a musical style typical of Mozambique in the 1950's and 60's. This unexpected combination of different types of music works extraordinarily well, as we will see during their South African tour. This trip evokes the origins of each of the musicians.

In 1990, Bristol signed a Friendship Agreement with Beira to celebrate the end of Apartheid in neighbouring South Africa. Bristol Link with Beira (BLB) is a charity that promotes people-to-people networks between the cities of Bristol in the UK and Beira in Mozambique, to empower and benefit local communities and generate links and learning between the two cities. For over 30 years Bristol Link with Beira has been supporting the Municipality of Beira and its communities in partnership with local non-governmental and community-based organisations to develop in the context of the long-term effects of historical conflict and destabilisation. Natural disasters exacerbated by Climate Change add further challenges to Beira, whilst globally we address issues of Climate Justice.

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