Teta Lando


Alberto Teta Lando was an Angolan musician.
He was born in Mbanza Congo, the capital city of Zaire Province in the north of the country, and is Bakongo. He is not well known outside Portuguese-speaking African countries and Portugal itself.
His music focused on Angolan identity, the country's civil war, the saudades of Angolan exiles, as well as young love and family. He spoke and sung in both the Portuguese and Kikongo languages. Among his most well known songs were "Irmao ama teu irmao" and "Eu vou voltar".
During the last several years of his life, he managed to re-unite a group of many Angolan musicians.
He died in Paris, France, after battling cancer.

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