The talent and charisma of the Mozambican artist Twenty Fingers, born in the city of Border, have gone beyond the musical universe and taken on curious forms on social media. Young people from various provinces across the country have begun to be identified as the “Local Twenty Fingers” due to a strong physical, vocal or stylistic resemblance to the singer.
If initially the most talked about cases came from the north — with emphasis on Nampula, where the image of a young man nicknamed Twenty Fingers from Nampula, and Cabo Delgado, where a viral video shows a young man singing one of the artist's hits with a striking resemblance — now the "clones" are beginning to multiply in other regions of the country.
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More recently, new “Twenty Fingers” have emerged in Marromeu (province of Sofala) and in the province of Tete, bringing the number of provinces with unofficial representatives of the artist to five. In the comments to the latest article about the phenomenon, netizens revealed even more cases:
“There is another one in Vilankulo known as Privaldo”, commented a follower.
“We also have from Zambézia”, added another.
The list grows and some say there are still many “Twenty Fingers to discover”" in Mozambique. The impact is not only a reflection of the artist's popularity, but also of the cultural impact that his image and style have been generating among Mozambican youth.
Although everything indicates that this is a spontaneous and fun phenomenon, the emergence of these "clones" highlights the artist's national reach and how much his presence inspires young people from different regions of the country — whether through aesthetics, music, or attitude.
Twenty Fingers, who remains active in his musical career, has not yet commented on his "lookalikes," but on social media, the public continues to fuel the joke with good humor and Mozambican pride.
