Conjunto Ana N’gola “Puxa Odette” (N’gola, 1974)
by angola45
I know of at least another couple of Ana N’gola – or Anangola – singles: “Catanga/Lamento do Monteiro” and “Deixa Ondas/Anangola”. But I was never able to gather much information on the band. I know it had ties with Pedro Franco – of Mini Bossa 70 fame – and that one of its members was Dulce Trindade. So maybe – seeing as Trindade plays in Angola 70 – Samy Ben Redjeb can shed some light on the subject? Vando and Fefé do Marçal (Alfredo Faustino) were others involved.
António Filipe’s “Puxa Odette” was issued by N’gola circa 1974, with ref# LD-157. Its b-side was Pedro Franco’s “Kidingo”.
Ana N’gola means sons of Angola in kimbundu.
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angola45 
Thank you for these angolan treasures. You mentioned earlier the lack of female voices in recent angolan compilations. I also noticed the lack of acoustic music. I know the marvelous work of Mario Rui Silva, but are there others angolan acoustic works ?
Thanks! Oh yes! Up to the late sixties popular music in Angola was predominantly acoustic. Ngola Ritmos is a good example, although the band included electric guitar solos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89JDlmPxfXs. But even after the rock craze, alongside many bands featured on this blog and those compilations we were referring to, there were always singer-songwriters (like Carlos Lamartine, Carlos Burity, Ruy Mingas, some Teta Lando, etc) performing with acoustic instruments.
Of course one of the great paradoxes – a necessary one in market terms, I guess – of many of these reissues is that they tend to mostly include songs that are formally close to those of the anglo-saxon cultures they seem to be getting away from.
Concordo totalmente. I think there are enough electric (and even acoustic) semba compilations. Those great musical travelers could now explore others genres. If they don’t, we’ll have to do it by ourselves !
Até a proxima.
Obrigado Simon