Kizomba

Kizomba is one of the most popular genres of dance originating in Angola. It is a derivative of French Caribbean Compas introduced by French Caribbean band Kassav, which toured Africa. Actually, there is some confusion: Kizomba is a distinct Angolan style. After 1986, Kizomba music became very close to zouk, which is actually the French Antilles compas[1] promoted as zouk by Kassav and several French Antilles artists. Unlike semba, kizomba music is characterized by a slower and usually very romantic rhythm.

Kizomba is an evolution of the traditional dance of Angola semba however, it is evident that kizomba dance as we know it today evolved after the vogue of kizomba music. Since the 1950s, Angolan people used to dance semba. In the 1990s, when the actual kizomba music got more and more popular, Angolan semba dancers started to adapt their semba steps according to the tempo and flavour of the Kizomba beats.

Semba

Semba is a traditional type of music from Angola. Semba comes from the singular Masemba, meaning "a touch of the bellies"[clarification needed], a move that characterizes the Semba dance.

Semba is the predecessor to a variety of music styles originated from Africa like Kizomba and Kuduro (or Kuduru, energetic, fast-paced Angolan Techno/House music, so to speak).

Barceló de Carvalho, the Angolan singer popularly known as Bonga, is arguably the most successful Angolan artist to popularize Semba music internationally; it generally being categorised as World music.

Como explica que o semba (género musical), actual é resultado de um processo complexo de fusão e transposição, sobretudo da guitarra, de segmentos rítmicos diversos, assentes fundamentalmente na percussão, o elemento base das culturas africanas.

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