This year marks Brazil’s 35th Art Biennale, which is “the largest art exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere.” Starting September 6, the Biennale will bring together works from 121 participants from ...

Kizomba is an Angolan dance performed by a couple in a close embrace that is gaining worldwide popularity In Mabor, a dusty and neglected corner of Luanda, the sound of a catchy beat rising means only ...

You’ve swung the West Coast swing, spiced up your salsa and topped off your tango—what’s next? Time to kiss up to kizomba. This Angolan dance style first caught fire in the 1980s, and has since spread ...

A stranger walks toward me in the dimly lit club. Insistent bass pulses from the speakers, the lyrics in a foreign language. Without a word, he places one hand on the small of my back and takes my ...

Dancers are gearing up for a festival that centers on the African diaspora, sensuality, and New England’s vibrant Lusophone communities. In a video from Montreal’s Kizo Fest this past June, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Dino D’Santiago is whipping up the audience with the ferrinho. The musician and rapper plays the instrument, a ...

Kizomba master Nelson Campos is wearing a black round-neck T-shirt, a pair of black jeans, red shoes and a red cap. His student, Amruta Mahapatra, is clad in a bright red bodysuit. The contrasting ...

The deepwater Kizomba B project, in Angola Block 15, completed the “design one, build multiple” strategy that Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd., an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corp., used for ...

Characterised by sensually swaying hips and couples clutching each other's bodies, kizomba has been described as the sexiest dance in the world - and it is exploding in popularity outside of its ...