One Country

One Country is a research, creation and artistic exchange project based on the music and culture of the people of southern Africa, with an emphasis on the common roots of the Bantu communities. Through meetings between artists from different countries in the region, the project seeks to rescue and reinvent traditional sounds, connecting cultural heritage to contemporary languages such as jazz, electronic music and free improvisation.

In all editions, the musical direction was in the hands of master percussionist Matchume Zango, an international reference in the timbila tradition and in the fusion of ancestral rhythms with urban languages. He is joined, with remarkable artistic consistency, by musicians Nelton Miranda, Djibra Mussa and Livio Mondlane, forming an instrumental base that supports the meetings and recordings.

Since 2018, One Country has held three editions, each marked by creative dialogues and in-depth exchanges between artists and territories. The first edition, in 2018, promoted a meeting between Mozambique and South Africa, with the participation of South African singer and songwriter Nomapostile Nyike. In 2019, the second edition connected Mozambique to Eswatini, bringing together artists Thobile Makhoyane and Cara Stacy for an immersion in the sonic and narrative traditions of these countries. In 2021, the project focused on the links between Mozambique and Zimbabwe, with the collaboration of multi-instrumentalist Frank Mavhimira.

One Country é, acima de tudo, uma celebração das pontes culturais entre povos vizinhos, transformando memórias sonoras em novos horizontes de criação e pertencimento.