Thursday, May 15, 2025
A Conversation with Pedro Ben: “The idea was to put Mozambican music on the map, to show that it existed”
By Richard Gray
Fifty years on from Mozambique’s independence, one of the country’s leading singers tells the story of a legendary album. Richard Gray finds out about making music in a free Mozambique…

Pedro Ben in Liverpool, 2015

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