Henrik Lanjele

𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙧𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 — 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙞𝙠 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙚𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 1973 𝙜𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚.

Originally released on the Portuguese label Tecla, this LP channels Angolan traditional music with modern soul, funk, and Afro-folk inflections — songs like “Ngana Zambi” and “Monamgambé” speak through groove and reverence, carried by Lanjele’s emotional vocals.

It’s a document of diasporic memory and resistance, released during the final years of Portuguese colonial rule. Full of beauty and urgency, wrapped in the warmth of analogue production.

A highly sought-after piece for lovers of Lusophone African music, folk-rooted protest songs, and rare early '70s recordings that still echo today.