The Portuguese rapper Valete is willing to perpetuate the message and the spirit of Azagaia, the Mozambican artist who died in March this year and who was the voice of the anxieties of young people and the African people who adored him.
The musician, one of the show’s promoters that brings together, this Thursday, in Lisbon, 22 musicians in a tribute to the Mozambican rapper and activist, considers that much more than a musician, Azagaia was the great voice of the Mozambican citizen, of the Mozambican youth.
Besides Valete, Sérgio Godinho, Paulo Flores, Maria João, and Karyna Gomes are some of the musicians who will perform in the show that will take place at Casa Independente in Lisbon, and that is already sold out.
For the Portuguese artist of São Tomé origins, friend and partner of Azagaia, with whom he recorded six songs, the rapper represented the restlessness and anguish of the Mozambican people.
Valete attributes Azagaia’s music as “the true intervention music, music of combat, militant, a music that does not compromise, music at all levels committed to the people.”
“The main message of Azagaia was the love for Mozambique and Africa, having in the lyrics that he composed in the last ten years marked his distinctly pan-Africanist position,” the musician told Lusa.
The Mozambican rapper Edson da Luz, popularly known as “Mano Azagaia”, died at age 38 of an epileptic fit, as advanced by a family source contacted by Forbes Lusophone Africa a day after the event.
With information from Forbes
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