A story. A stage. A festival of emotions. The narrative that crosses the margins of time and recounts the adventures of a radio station that (un)built moments and helped eternalize experiences returns on the 22nd in Maputo.

It's called "Those Radio Days", an event that, under the direction of Zé Pires, brought together music, theater and dance at the Mozambique-China Cultural Center in November and, at the request of the public, will be reinstated (almost) a month later.

Voices such as Chico António, Wazimbo, Otis, Wazimbo, Pedro Ben, Fernando Luís, Onésia Muholove and Pauleta Muholove crowned the first edition. And in this new adventure, artists such as Mingas, António Marcos and José Mucavele are joining in.

The best-known faces of the theater also have a place at this 'radio party'. You can't talk about Mozambican theater without mentioning Adelino Branquinho, Mário Mabjaia, Eliote Alex, Horácio Guiamba and Isabel Jorge.

That's right. These and other actors help tell the story of 'those radio days', using careful and pedagogical language, even with a comic tone, in a commendable effort to share Radio Mozambique's journey in the country with new generations.

The concert recalls memories and salutes the great achievements of Radio Mozambique, as a crucial instrument for building Mozambican identity, through interviews, reports and programs that promote genuinely Mozambican achievements and contribute to the country's identity reflection.

For this creation, Zé Pires says it was important to study the history, look for the foundations and transfer that history to the stage and turn it into art. For the musician, a work of this magnitude would not be possible without a team made up of technicians, artists and others.

"It's the realization of a dream, because I grew up in that environment - watching Fany Pfumo, Alexandre Langa, Mahekwane - and then I grew up watching Stewart, for example," so "it's a great achievement."

Zé Pires points to the difficulty of interpreting what has been designed as a challenge, but "as soon as they understand, things flow", says the musical's director.

And we are witnesses to how each character flowed during an intense three hours, where the marriage between sound and light, between music and theater warmed up the packed room, almost overflowing with emotion.

Mário Mabjaia, one of the main characters in the story, believes that taking part in a musical about a radio station that helped us make a revolution and that accompanies us at all times is very special to him.

Ótis has been a musician since the age of 12, but it was at Rádio Moçambique that he trained as a professional musician before moving to Portugal, where he is still based today. According to the saxophonist, it was a pleasure to take part in the event and he had a lot of fun and positively appreciates the initiative.

For Chico António, also part of this musical, returning to the past means revisiting his origins:

"I started there (at the radio station) in 1983 and got great artists like Alexandre Langa, Zé Mucavel, Zé Guimaraes, Pedro Ben, Wazimbo, Otis, Sox, Milagre Langa and Zevo and I stayed there for 10 years with a hand-picked group. During these years, I learned how to be on stage, as well as how to compose a song and, for me, Rádio Moçambique means a university, just like here where we are, at UEM," he shares.

For the Minister of Culture and Tourism, this show was a brief trip back to our origins, and today we are living those memories, dancing and singing about our old days, and for that reason, "I couldn't be happier," she confesses.

Eldevina Materula has no doubt that this concert is another opportunity to educate and train new audiences about our history, which is why, in agreement with the MPDC, it was decided to replicate this concert.

Abuchamo Munhoto believes that events like this help to pass on the baton, as knowledge is shared from generation to generation. Elvira Viegas agrees that initiatives of this kind should also continue as a way of leaving a legacy for younger people.

Elvira Viegas gave the example of the youngest actor, her grandson in this case, who asked pertinent questions, questions that perhaps many young people ask and don't have the answers to. However, the artist emphasized, it's not possible to tell the story of 48 years of radio in three hours, there's still a lot to be said, so "I think the story should continue as a way of showing the different stages of what radio has been and continues to be.

Stewart Sukuma says it was a super brilliant initiative, with fantastic musicians and fantastic stories.

"It's fundamental for the new generations to understand where we come from and, through the stories told, we'll get to know a lot about ourselves and Rádio Moçambique has a great story to tell us," adds the artist, part of the dense audience that came to witness the first experience of the musical 'Those Radio Days'.

In a partnership between Rádio de Moçambique and MPDC, the aim is, above all, to rescue the importance that radio has had in changing the behavior of our society over the years.

It's a musical that pays a visit (between reality and fiction) to the history of radio in Mozambique since its beginnings, and highlights the moments, the people and, above all, the impact that it (radio) had as an instrument of socialization, adding values, fixing culture and knowledge.