Performance Culture in Maputo: Categories of Expressive Modes in the Changing of an African Urban Society

Abstract

This paper describes some of the most important patterns of change in the patterns of categorization of performing practices in the music of a changing society: Mozambique. The author discusses the consequences of the transition from a colonial regime to a new independent state, and of the establishment of cultural policies by Mozambican governments. The role of radio broadcasting and influences from neighbouring South-African musical genres are also discussed.