IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
The ‘forgotten years’ of Mozambique
In 1978 RICHARD GRAY was in Mozambique recording the music and dances of those celebrating the country’s new-found independence. Forty years on, he returns to the village of Aldeia Comunal Samora Machel with CDs of those old recordings
Richard Gray at Cipriano's house, returning old recordings
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MOZAMBIQUE’S first nationwide Festival of People’s Dance happened 40 years ago this month.
Fernando plays the drums
Starting in January 1978, millions took part throughout the country, building to a finale in the capital, Maputo, on the eve of Independence Day, June 25.
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