{"id":89586,"date":"2025-08-23T15:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/?p=89586"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:18:54","slug":"preta-negra-celebra-42-anos-de-idade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/preta-negra-celebra-42-anos-de-idade\/","title":{"rendered":"Preta Negra celebrates her 42nd birthday."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mozambican singer and dancer Marllen, better known to the public as Black Black<\/strong>, Marlene Julieta Ngoenha Matingane, who celebrates her 42nd birthday today, was born in Maputo in 1983. She has built a career marked by artistic versatility and achievements that have made her one of the most recognized figures in national music and dance.<\/p>\n

Her career began early, at age 15, in theater, before expanding into music and dance. She gained notoriety after participating in the reality show. Fantastic<\/em>, which gave her greater exposure to the public. In 2005, she released her first original song, Ximate<\/em>, nominated in the program N'goma Mozambique<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Two years later, he joined the agency. Bang Entertainment<\/em>, where he released the album Black African<\/em> (2007). However, it was in 2008, with the album Black Black<\/em>, released under the auspices of Celebrity Productions<\/em>, who reached the peak of his career, becoming one of the most acclaimed names in the Mozambican music scene.<\/p>\n

The following year, in 2009, he won the television contest. Dance of the Artists<\/em>, establishing herself as one of the best dance artists in the country. Also that year, she toured the United States, participating in the festival. Acana<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Beyond her music, Preta Negra stood out for her social engagement. In 2010, she was nominated Ambassador for the Fight Against Infant Mortality<\/strong>, after a duet with South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka in Kampala, Uganda. In that context, she also recorded the song Mwana<\/em> in collaboration with the singer Rafiya.<\/p>\n

One of the most emblematic moments of his career was in 2011, when he launched the Black Doll<\/strong>, the first black doll in Mozambique, a pioneering initiative that sold over 5,000 units, reinforcing the appreciation of Mozambican cultural identity.<\/p>\n

At 42 years old, Preta Negra continues to be a reference in the artistic and cultural scene, celebrating not only her life, but also her contribution to music, dance and the affirmation of Mozambican identity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mozambican singer and dancer Marllen, better known to the public as Preta Negra, celebrates her 42nd birthday today. Born in Maputo in 1983, Marlene Julieta Ngoenha Matingane has built a career marked by artistic versatility and achievements that have made her one of the most recognized figures in national music and dance. Her journey began [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":89587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aniversarios"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250823_151823.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89588,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89586\/revisions\/89588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihapari.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}