VIVIANE CHIDID
Viviane Chidid is a Lebanese-Senegalese singer who has already conquered an entire continent with her music. He was born in Mbour, a port city south of Dakar, where he began organizing small concerts in hotels with artist friends. In 1993 he became a backup singer for Youssou N'Dour's group, the "Super Étoile de Dakar". Viviane gained notoriety […]
HUMANITY STARZ
Formation originally from the neighboring and still unknown Gambia, started in 2004 by volunteers from the national Red Cross led by Mbye Bittaye, famous musician and now manager; HUMANITY STARZ brings together a dozen young musical talents from the country who support and mix with the delicate voice of the already notorious Alieu Badara. […]
NOUMOUCOUNDA CISSOKO
Noumoucounda Cissoko was born in Dakar into a griot family originally from Tambacounda where they all received a solid training in kora, balafon and djembe, as well as traditional songs and dances. He never actually learned the kora; It was the blood that ran through his veins, the air he breathed. Noumoucounda entered the […]
ANDRE MANGA
Originally from Yaoundé, André Manga is a composer, arranger and bass virtuoso who develops his own musical universe of jazz-fusion and Afro-jazz marked by the traditional sounds of Cameroon, such as bikutsi and makossa. At the age of 7 he made his first musical instrument, a pseudo-marimba made from tree trunks and bamboo and […]
MAJID BEKKAS
Rocked between desert music and traditional rhythms from his native Zagora, and initiated at a very young age by the Maâlem (musical teacher) Ba Houmane, the artist Majid BEKKAS is an author, composer and multi-instrumentalist performer, particularly virtuoso with his guembri (traditional Moroccan bass). A professional artist since 1974, his mission has chosen to contribute to conservation and bring […]
IMED ALIBI – SAHLI soufi jazz project
Imed ALIBI is a composer, musical director and minor percussion virtuoso originally from Tunisia. He began his career in music among classical oriental music orchestras and later took the stage with the ethnic rock group Les Boukakes and accompanying big names in world music such as Watcha Clan, Emel Mathlouthi and Rachid Taha. With […]
KEL ASSOUF
Led by Anana Harouna, originally from the Agadez region in Niger and heir to a long musical tradition, the band KEL ASSOUF created in 2006 is today one of the greatest exponents of the appreciated Tuareg blues. Winners of multiple European awards for best World Music album, their three studio albums […]
LORNOAR
With a powerful voice and natural grace, LORNOAR sublimates African oral traditions that draw on modern and universal influences. His live performance never leaves you indifferent. Their songs, written in Eton, French and English, speak of universal themes: love, hope, spirituality, they also add to necessary struggles against injustice and […]
MANOU GALLO
At just 12 years old, Manou Gallo leaves her hometown in the West of the Ivory Coast where her grandmother raised her to join the troupe of a musical that tells her own story and with which she toured West Africa for 4 years and recorded 4 albums. After touring with legendary groups like Zap Mama […]
SHARING GRANDMOTHERS
Sharing Grandmothers is an original, collective and multidisciplinary work with a universal discourse based on values rooted in the African continent, its intangible Heritage and its trans-generational transmission around the planet. Devised and directed by Cuban Carlos Miguel CABALLERO, it stars the profound compositions and sensitive interpretations of the singer and actress […]
