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Seun Kuti SEUN KUTI “You gave me your mud and I made gold from it” This famous Baudelaire quote could be the Kuti family motto, employed by father and son alike. Their songs, filled with the corruption, ignorance, malady, sadness, pollution and the many others ill that ravage contemporary Africa, are veritable musical treasures, flamboyant, jubilatory songs that make you want to get up and dance.
Ayo AYO is a German born artist, the offspring of a Nigerian father who had come to Germany to study in the 1970s, and sometimes worked as a DJ, and a mother who is a gypsy. AYOs rather unusual name means joy in Yoruba. Her rich cultural background is also reflected in her musical influences. She grew up amidst Pink Floyd and Fela Kuti, the Soul Children and Bob Marley, and many others.
Francis Jocky Multitalented singer, songwriter & producer Francis Jocky is something of an enigma, an artist with universal appeal and blessed with a unique voice. Listeners may hear an echo of Joan Armatrading, Seal, Sting, and Bob Marley. Born in Cameroon, raised in Paris, France, based in New York City and having performed around the world, Francis Jocky has developed a sound that transcends borders.
Asa Affinity Asa was born in Paris. Her early life in the City of Light left the little girl with only the vaguest of (happy) memories, since she was no more than two years old when her family returned to live in Nigeria. Paris was just one stage in the life of her courageous and hard-working parents. But her fate was tied up with the city: it was to Paris that Asa returned twenty years later and where her life as an artist took wing.
Cesaria Evora Popular Twenty years ago, while in her early forties, Cape Verdean vocalist Cesaria Evora returned to the stage after a performing hiatus of nearly two decades, during which time she raised her family. Within a few years, in 1988, she was lured from her Portuguese/Creole-speaking island home off the western coast of Africa to Paris to record her breakthrough album.

New African Music

There’a a new generation of African singers to continue the tradition of using music as a common ground to bring their culture to the attention of the world : The New African Music.

New Africa Music presents Seun Kuti, Ayo, Francis Jocky and Asa. Not to forget the Barefoot Diva Cesaria Evora.

Of Course, this artists are presenting themselves as African musicians but they speak the language of the world, with topics and songs that can be relate to everybody around the globe.

You can hear the African rhythms in their music and the expatriate fire in their voices. There are the new musical ambassadors of the African continent.

They often sing in English or in their native African dialect or mixed the both. Asa with Eye Adaba from the album Asa where she sings in Yoruba, Francis Jocky with Sera and So sad from his first album Mr Pain, where he sings in Douala.

With the power of theirs melodies and their message, these artists take the African music to the next level  by bringing together the best of Western and African music in a funky fusion that opens hearts and minds and paves the way for deeper understanding.

 

   

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