FANY MPFUMO: migration, discography, and the concept album Nyoxanini

Abstract

The objective of this work is to present the partial results of the systematic survey of the discography of the Mozambican musician and composer Fany Mpfumo (1929 - 1987). Starting from the following discussion: It is possible to affirm that the migrant experience of the musician Fany Mpfumo contributed to the lack of knowledge of your musical discography at national and international level? Fany, during his musical career, lived in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa between 1947 and 1973, where he achieved musical success having recorded for EMI-His Master Voice. He returned to Mozambique in 1973 and until the date of his death he recorded for the main Mozambican record labels of the time, namely, Vidisco Mozambique, Radio Mozambique and Produções 1001. The record labels Vidisco Mozambique and Radio Mozambique launched, posthumously, in the 1999 Fany Mpfumo's first compact disc, Nyoxanini. Drawing on the approaches of Alessandri (2011), Burns (2016) Shuker (2014) and Ulhôa (2007) on discography and conceptual album, I analyse the discography and conceptual album Nyoxanini by Fany Mpfumo. The present work is methodologically guided by bibliographic and documentary research with a focus on qualitative analysis.