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Juan David Chacón is a reggae singer, his stage name being Onechot [es], which pronounced in Spanish sounds very much like a Latin “Juancho” and in English as “One shot”. As a reggae artist he has dedicated much of his work in spreading messages of peace.

On the night of Monday, February 27, 2012, on returning to pick up some of his recorded material, Onechot was attacked by a group of criminals who shot him, wounding him in the head.

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An acoustic musical train trip to Marracuene - part of one of the highlights of Mozambique’s cultural calendar, the Marrabenta Festival.

The train picks up music fans for free along the way, taking them to the Festival’s finale, a lively outdoor concert that lasts until dawn.

Tribute to Cape Verde’s musical legend, Cesária Évora

“A voice that distilled the fine melancholy infused in mornas - a kind of samba - a song of the land of the performer - which she sang in creole, a language which mixed Portuguese, French and African dialects. Évora also gave voice to coladeiras, other Cape Verdean rhythm, more danceable and closer to a Caribbean step.”