presents:
SIX STORIES FROM MOZAMBIQUE
© 1998 RADIO BRIDGE OVERSEAS TRUST

This is Elvira Viegas, a well-known composer & singer in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital.
She says, her songs reflect her daily life, social problems she is confronted with
but which exist all over the globe.
She does not make a difference between Mozambique and other countries of the developing world.
Elvira Viegas is not only a composer and performer with her own band, she represents FRELIMO, the ruling party, in parliament.
Does she stand for normality in a country which experienced war for almost her entire life?

Listen / STORY 1 - / 02'20"

"Elvira Viegas about her music & her political engagement"

Elvira Viegas, parliamentarian & singer in Maputo, insists on the fact that problems worldwide seem to be similar. "Ethnic wars, for example, destroy many societies," she says. "I sing about the desire of people to live in peace. I sing about love because love is needed if people want to live in peace."



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THE RBO PRODUCTION TEAM:

Research & Interviews in Mozambique:
Victor Desajado, Emmanuel Camillo, Fortune Ncube, Klaus Juergen Schmidt
Scripts:
Victor Desajado, Fortune Ncube, Klaus Juergen Schmidt
RBO-Interns attached to research at Cahora Bassa:
Holger Bock, Olaf Krems, Morris Nyakudya
Presenter:
Victor Desajado, Fortune Ncube, Dadirayi Chigoya, Shorai Kariwa
Translation in Mozambique:
Victor Desajado, Emmanuel Camillo, Lucia Rodriguez, Christina Maria Patricio
Technical Supervision at RBO studio:
Norbert Irmer & Nenad Kuzmic
Administration & Logistics:
Jennifer Chiriga & Dadiray Chigoya
Managing Editor & Director:
Klaus Juergen Schmidt