Artists

Grace Matata is a Kilimanjaro Music Awards nominee and afro-soul singer/songwriter from Tanzania. She describes her music as “a unique blend of Swahili soul, RnB and jazz with a special touch of poetry and light, heartwarming melodies”.

Grace has garnered a considerable and loyal fan base since dropping read more

 Sofaz reflect the Indian Ocean island of Reunion; a melting pot of cultures where song, music, dance and poetry share common dreams and reality, anger, hope and inspiration. Their stage show is energetic and lively, including elements of traditional maloya mixed with reggae, trance and electro. A show guaranteed to read more

Isau Meneses’ music career spans three decades.  In 2013, his 30th anniversary in the music scene, he released his seventh album titled “Patchissa-Pananfiti” which means “There are witches in the area”. 

Since then, Meneses released two more recordings and was awarded a platinum disc following the sale of read more

Ribab Fusion are considered major ambassadors of the Amazigh culture. The band celebrates Morocco’s Amazigh (colonialists used to say Berber) culture as it flies from ‘70s-style funk to Afropop dance vibes, from slow jams to high energy call-and-response choruses.

 The ribab is a traditional instrument that used to read more

Suzan Kerunen, popularly known as the Alur Queen, is a contemporary singer-songwriter from Uganda.

Her sound is inspired by a mix of Njige, Agwara and Ndara drums, from her native homeland in northern Uganda, whilst she sings in Alur-Jonam (her mother tongue) as well as Kiswahili, English and other languages.

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Jafari Rashid Igomba who is blind, is the founding member of Ifa Band. His love for music pulled him to regularly visit rehearsals of a local band Baba Toni in his home village of Ligama. This is where he learned to play acoustic guitar. In 2000 that band stopped performing read more