A research programme, a record label and a digital platform are some of the aspects of an unprecedented Portuguese-speaking project called Marimba,
which aims to promote music from Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and East
Timor. The initiative originated
from Portuguese producer Soundsgood,
which was funded by the European Union’s
Procultura
programme and the Camões Institute. In a statement, Soundsgood
explained that Marimba
is a «socio-economic intervention project» that will cover «all links in the value chain
of the music sector» - from research to internationalisation – from those four Portuguese-speaking countries.