Angola: Teta Lando Buried Wednesday By Quimbemba Sound

Posted to the web 23 July 2008 Luanda The remains of singer Alberto Teta Lando were buried on Wednesday at Luanda's Alto das Cruzes Cemetery, by the sound of Quimbemba" sung by Mário Gama. In an environment of pain and consternation, backed by a choristers group, Mário Gama voiced to sing and to remember Teta Lando, at the day of the last goodbye to this artist. In the presence of about 300 people, among politicians, musicians, government officials, friends and lovers of the Angolan musician, Teta Lando's remains got down to the soil at about 03.45 pm, after watchers listened to his tracks such as Eu Vou Voltar, Angolano Segue em Frente, Funje de Domingo, Tata Nketo and Ntoyo. Teta Lando who died on July 14, in Paris, France, victim of illness, was born in Mbanza Congo, north-eastern Zaire Province, in 1948. He was the... [read full story]