Artur Nunes

Artur Nunes

Person from Angola

About Artur Nunes

Artur Nunes (17 December 1950 – 27 May 1977) was an Angolan musician, composer, and activist. In his time, Nunes was one of the most influential voices and composers in the pre-independence days of revolutionary Angola. Nunes, along with David Zé, Urbano de Castro and many others, was a part of a group of musicians called the FAPLA-Povo Alliance who had the role to spread and divulge awareness to Angolan citizens helping a movement of revolution. He was nicknamed "O Espiritual" ("The Spiritual One") due to his expertise in manifesting his feelings in a rather contagious way as if he could communicate with souls. His music career was short-lived, but he recorded a dozen singles, plus two songs on the 33rpm collection Rebita and Movimento. He was kidnapped and later assassinated by a group that dissolved from the MPLA during a failed attempt at a coup that took place on 27 May 1977, and his music was banned from radio for more than a decade but nonetheless, Nunes is now regarded as one of Angola's most important musicians and public figures.

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