Mozambican journalist and communicator Mário Ferro dies

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Mozambican journalist and communicator Mário Ferro dies

5:01 CAT | 19 Jan 2021

Mário Ferro, an icon in Mozambican journalism who became a successful communications and advertising entrepreneur, died in Maputo on Monday at the age of 77.

Hundreds of family members, friends and colleagues turned to Facebook to express their dismay at the death of the renowned communicator.

“Another baobab from our profession falls. You taught us so much. So disheartened,” wrote journalist Angela Chin.

“A friend, teacher and colleague just went; another master and reference of the media in our country, Mário Ferro,” said Anabela Adrianopoulos, renowned radio and television personality.

Academic and feminist Isabel Maria Casimiro wrote “another friend is going”. “Farewell companion. You were great,” continued veteran journalist Edmundo Galiza Matos.

The former director of the Social Communication Institute (ICS), António Carrasco, also went onto Facebook to recall “our countless projects together, the last being the negotiation that resulted in the transfer of facilities from Intermark (advertising company) in favour of ICS” in the 1980s. “Thank you, master,” Carrasco ended.

Ferro, among other duties, was director of Notícias, Mozambique’s most popular daily paper, founder of the Mozambican Association of Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations Companies (AMEP), and of Ferro & Ferro, his communication and advertising company.

At AMEP, which he directed until 2018, Ferro was noticeable for staging the Maputo International Advertising Festival.

The journalist and publicist was also chairman of the Confederation of Advertising of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPPLP), editor in chief and acting director of the newspapers ‘Notícias’ and ‘Domingo’, president of the Management Board of the Sociedade do Notícias da Beira, a reporter for ‘Diário de Moçambique’ in the city of Beira and newspaper ‘A Tribuna’, among other functions throughout his long career.

Adérito Gomate and Bang burials

In the meantime, the remains of the pianist and composer Aderito Gomate and music promoter Bang were buried in Maputo on Monday.

Accomplished jazz and pop pianist Aderito Gomate died in Maputo on Friday of Covid-19, Notícias reported.

Gomatev — *Aderito Gomate (piano), with Pedrito Miranda (drums) and Filipinho (bass)*

Gomate was a member of the iconic Mozambican group Alambique, which he founded in 1984 with Hortêncio Langa and Arão Litsuri, and with whom he performed in Zimbabwe, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Germany, Holland, Austria and Switzerland.

In addition to individual projects, Gomate was part of the Maputo Jazz Group and taught music at the Maputo International School.

Adelson Mourinho (Bang) was famous for promoting events involving young Mozambican singers and bands from the 2000s, and helped popularize ‘Panza’ dance music.