Adjany Costa, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, addressed the musician's family "the most heartfelt condolences", stressing that the Angolan Government is "bowing to the emblematic figure of Carlos Burity".
Carlos Burity died this Wednesday morning, at the age of 67, victim of a prolonged illness. The musician had already been hospitalized for a month and was recovering at home, but he started to feel "tired and dejected" and had to return to Clínica Girassol, in Luanda, where he ended up dying, according to the friend and promoter musician, Maló Jaime, speaking to Lusa.
"[Carlos Burity] left a very great legacy in semba. He is one of the greatest semba artists in Angola," said Maló Jaime, who has followed the artist's career and promoted his shows for several years.
Carlos Burity had recently finished recording a new album that was going to be released this year.
The singer was, with Carlitos Vieira Dias and Bonga, one of the main names of the New Semba in Angola. He started his career in the early 70s of the last century, and in 1974 he recorded, with the Semba Group, a selection of Angolan themes that remained in the history of Angolan popular music.
In 1983, Burity joined "Canto Livre de Angola", a project by Brazilian singer Martinho da Vila, who took him to Brazil with other important names in Angolan music and with whom he joined the group Semba Tropical, which would record a hit album in London.
After a long period without recording, Burity reappeared with a notable success in 1991, with "Angolaritmo", launching the following year "Carolina", "Massemba", in 1996, "Uanga", in 1998, "Zuela ó Kidi", in 2002, "Paxiiami", in 2006, and more recently, "Malalanza", in 2010.
