Ngola Ritmos

Ngola Ritmos
Liceu Vieira Dias, Nino Ndongo, Belita Palma, Amadeu Amorim, Lourdes Van Dunem and Zé María
Background information
Origin	Bairro Operário, Luanda, Angola
Genres	Afro-Folk Semba
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Reco-Reco (Dikanza), Ngoma Drums, Accordion and Acacia Sticks
Years active	1947–1968
Past members	Carlos Aniceto Vieira Dias (Liceu), Domingos Van-Dunem, Mário da Silva Araújo, Francisco Machado, Manuel António Rodrigues (Nino Ndongo), Amadeu Timóteo Malheiros Amorim (Amadeu Amorim), Euclides Fontes Pereira Rocha (Fontinhas), José Maria dos Santos (Zé Maria), José Cordeiro dos Santos (Zé Cordeiro), Ricardo Vaz Borja (Xodó), José Ferreira (Gegé), Lourdes Van-Dunem and Belita Palma

Ngola Ritmos was a musical group created in 1947 in the home of Manuel dos Passos by a group of young men called Domingos Van-Dúnem, Mário da Silva Araújo, Francisco Machado, Liceu Vieira Dias and Nino Ndongo who formerly comprised a group named "Os Sambas" . They sang in kimbundu with the purpose to spread and divulge cultural and political awareness to the peoples of Luanda during the Portuguese Empire era. They felt a need to create something new. To spread and divulge folkloric themes that were fading away due to colonialism so Ngola Ritmos, still a small group, appeared with Liceu Vieira Días as the main guitar player and the rest playing with drums and acacia sticks as rattles.^[1]