Alberto Teta Lando was an Angolan musician.

He was born in Mbanza Congo, the capital city of Zaire Province

Zaire (province)

One of the 18 provinces of Angola. It occupies 40,130 square kilometres in the north west of the country and has a population of approximately 600,000. It has a tropical climate...

 in the north of the country, and is Bakongo. He is not well known outside Portuguese

Portuguese language

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-speaking Africa

Africa

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n countries and Portugal

Portugal

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 itself.

His music focused on Angolan identity, the country's civil war, the saudades (nostalgia, melancholy and longing) of Angolan exiles, as well as young love and family. He spoke and sung in both the Portuguese and Kikongo

Kongo language

The Kongo language, or Kikongo, is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. It is a tonal language and formed the base for Kituba, a Bantu creole and lingua franca...

 languages. Among his most well known songs were "Irmao ama teu irmao" ("Brother, Love Your Brother") and "Eu vou voltar" ("I Will Return").

He died in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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, on 14 July 2008, after battling cancer

Cancer

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. During the last several years of his life, he managed to re-unite a group of many Angolan musicians.