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Kidum & the Boda Boda Band
'Kidum' is the name given to a 20-litre jerry can in Kirundi, the official language spoken in Burundi. His mother gave him that nickname due to his chubbiness as a child. Ironically, Kidum (whose ‘real’ name is Jean-Pierre Nimbona) taught himself to play the drums by practicing on read more
Noumoucounda Cissoko
Senegalese kora player, percussionist and lead vocal, Nomoucounda Cissoko weaves together his griot heritage with mbalax, blues, jazz, hip-hop and rock inspired improvisations. He is a perfectionist, committed artist and with a sense of improvisation and extraordinary adaptation.
International tours of this great artist allowed him to participate in several art events along read more
Dizu Plaatjies & The Ibuyambo Ensemble
Dizu Plaatjies, the son of a Xhosa traditional healer, grew up in the Cape Town township of Langa in South Africa. Behind his warm smile is a serious and spiritual person. He is the founder and former leader of South Africa’s internationally celebrated marimba group, Amampondo.
Dizu’s compositions read moreUsambara Sanaa Group
Usambara Sanaa play the traditional music and dance of the Wasambaa called Mdumange. The Mdumange ngoma style is music for happy times. It is played at weddings, harvests, weekends, or public celebrations.
One of the factors that makes this style interesting is its interactive nature, whereby the audience read more
Msaki
Msaki has always had a knack for voicing our inner fears, hopes and desires. She is a singer-songwriter-producer-curator and one of South Africa’s most unique and exciting talents.
She is equally at home in acoustic settings as well as on chart-topping bangers by the globally revered South African house music fraternity read more
Zanzibar Taarab Ensemble
The Zanzibar Taarab Ensemble captures the great energy of western Indian Ocean cultural expression and has a program of great variety, easily appreciated by any audience interested in hearing instrumental and vocal colours, tonalities and techniques of the fusion of Arab and African music.
The high quality of read more