Paulo Flores is a musician from Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

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Flores was born in Luanda

Luanda

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...

 and spent some of his childhood in Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

. His music is mostly written in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 though some is in the Kimbundu

Kimbundu

North Mbundu, or Kimbundu, one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages in Angola, concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda Province, the Bengo Province and the Malanje Province...

 language. His music is often political dealing with the hardships of Angolan life, the war

Angolan Civil War

The Angolan Civil War was a major civil conflict in the Southern African state of Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with some interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. Prior to this, a decolonisation conflict had taken...

, and corruption. His Angolan style of music is known as Semba

Semba

Semba is a traditional type of music from the Southern-African country of Angola. Semba comes from the singular Masemba, meaning "a touch of the bellies", a move that characterizes the Semba dance.-Characteristics:...

. Some of his music was featured in the French film La Grande Ourse. In April 2007 he performed at the first Trienale de Luanda
on 4 July 2008 Paulo flores made a concert at Coqueiros stadium with about 25.000 people, that concert beside that is the second one of Angola history in number of people behind KASSAV, was the most emotional and beautiful.
Contemporary Art Exhibition).

Paulo Flores is the peace ambassador of Luanda, so his tickets cannot exceed a limit of 5$ per person in Luanda.

Discography

• Kapuete, 1988
• Sassasa, 1990
• Coração Farrapo e Cherry, 1991
• Brincadeira Tem Hora, 1993
• Inocenti, 1995
• Perto do Fim, 1998
• Recompasso, 2001
• Xé Povo, 2003
• The Best, 2003
• Ao Vivo, 2004