Artists

Formed by a group of young people between the age of 17 and 30 years, New Sound Band was established in 1998 in Bujumbura Burundi. Their main aim was to try to encourage young people to engage in more social activities in the war torn country.

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Becaye Aw is a guitarist from Mauritania, now living and playing in Norway. He has been able to integrate his African music traditions well with Norwegian traditional music, and has been playing with many of the most respected musicians both Europe, and famous African musicians like Baaba read more

Nfithe features eight talented young musicians from Beira in northern Mozambique. The band was started in 2002. Nfithe (meaning "The Witchdoctors") is inspired by its African traditions yet creates a new, original, modern music that invites the audience to dance.

The line up includes guitar, keyboard, vocals, drums and percussion.

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Artist, activist, singer-songwriter, scholar, survivor: Nneka Egbuna has always sought to consolidate all aspects of her identity within her compositions. Listen to any of her solo albums and you can hear this combination of conviction and courage in action, a bold creative approach that has attracted countless admirers.

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Nomakanjani is a Zambian NGO that uses music, dance and theatre to entertain and educate audiences about the issues that affect their lives and their communities. The dynamic group of performers use performing arts as a tool for creating positive change, delivering vital life and behavioural changing read more

Nomfusi is a self-taught singer-songwriter, whose music incorporates afropop, afrosoul, gospel and ballads with maskandi guitars and other sounds of the townships.

As a young girl, Nomfusi used to accompany her mother to weekly sangoma rituals, where she developed interest in music, singing and dancing.

She is now revered across the world read more