Welcome to the third season of Hyphenated: Music + Identity.
As noted in the teaser, I decided than rather than try to hold to schedule -- never worked -- I'm going to be dropping episodes sporadically as they are done. But I'll say that I'm very excited about all the artists that have so far agreed to participate this season, and I'm sure you will be too.
Selma Oamusse was born in the middle of the civil war in Mozambique, but at the age of six, her parents moved to Portugal. But when the war was over, and her parents decided to move back, Selma, at 14 years old, felt more Portuguese than Mozambican and convinced her family to let her stay on until she finished high school, She pursued a career in engineering, but after joining a church choir, music became a vehicle for her to understand how the post-colonial mentality had shaped her identity. Music also became more than a career, it became a mission -- a mission to promote Mozambique, a mission as a mother, a mission of spirituality, of social activism, and a means to bring joy and healing to others through music.
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