The tribute to the creator of "Mariquinha" will take place at the Capitol Theatre, in Lisbon, and will feature Yuri Cunha, Dom Kikas and "some surprise guests", according to a statement by the producer sent to the Lusa agency.
Bonga is the name of José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho, born in Kipiri, Bengo province.
Living in Portugal, Bonga told Lusa in November 2018 that he admitted to returning to Angola, although it was a "complex" issue.
"If the situation continues as it is, we will think about it. It's not just up to me. I have a group I work with, who live abroad, my family, my children, who were born abroad. Many in Angola ask me that question. But I can't come running to do any other kind of work. I live from music and I am an example in all this. The 40 and many years of my career mean a committed professional life, which has head, trunk and limbs. And it goes on because I'm still being asked," he argued.
"I'm from here [Angola], born here, I've never forgotten from here, I've never cut my navel cord with the land of origin. That's why they like me so much, they want me so much," he said.
On her 75th birthday, also in an interview with Lusa, Bonga recalled "the difficult times" she lived through, having been "banned from performing, even in Angola", and when Angolan music, "in a pejorative way, was called folklore".
"There was a period of prejudice, when they called [Angolan music] folklore, which was a bit pejorative, and [there were] obstacles that I had to face, because it was a different music, which was not valued, less heard, and today, more than ever, I am aware of having put a brick in this great construction that is the dissemination, consequent, of our Angolan/African music," said the musician, adding that Angolan music today "is more recognized and respected than 20 years ago.
Referring to current musical fusions such as the rhythms 'kizomba' with 'kuduro', the musician considered that "they run the risk of passing quickly," unlike the genre that has always sung, "the semba, which is defined, which is Angolan, and is timeless, in fact, even those who make these fusions end up beating the semba.
Bonga referred to semba as a song "that has its own expression and a very strong experience in relation to a whole people who made it their way of life.
Bonga compared to Port Wine, saying that "the older the better" and then "continue today to be sung by the younger".
Bonga debuted in 1972 with the album "Angola'72", which was followed by 39 others, among them five collections and two recorded live. In 2014, France decorated him with the Order of Arts and Letters, a knighthood.
