Super Mama Djombo Bande son

Super Mama Djombo is a band from Guinea Bissau who sing in Guinea-Bissau Creole. The band was formed in the mid-1960s, at a Boy Scout camp, when the members were only children. Mama Djombo is the name of a spirit that many fighters appealed to for protection during Guinea-Bissau's War of Independence. In 1974, the politically conscious band leader Adriano Atchutchi joined. The group became immensely popular in the young country, which had gained its independence the same year. They would often p...