LIVE and UNPLUGGED by AFROGROOV & ISAANO FESTIVAL by Positive Production teams up for an
exceptional evening of live music with double headline line up of the best live act coming straight from Senegal
Date: Saturday 22nd February 2020 -
Venue: Kigali Cultural Village -
Time: From 6.30pm
DAARA J FAMILY featuring Faada Freddy & Ndongo D
DJF have gained legendary status on the international music scene. Pioneering the African HipHop music scene since their beginnings in the 1990s in Dakar, Faada Freddy and Ndongo D. have worked to create a bridge between their culture and the rest of the world. Their lyrics, in Wolof, English or French, have always carried the hope of a better world with flawless optimism.
In more than 20 years of career and 1000 concerts
around the world, collaboration with Wyclef Jean,
Public Enemy and Mos Def in the USA, alongside
Peter Gabriel during the Womad. Four albums were released between 1997 and 2010,
including “Boomerang“, winner of the best album prize
at the BBC World Award in 2003. Daara J Family
remains one of the leading bands on the hip-hop
scene from Africa and one of its best ambassadors.
The duo has grown in maturity and between their
respective solo projects, the two childhood friends
N'Dongo D and Faada Freddy, carried by the same
passion as when they started and with a new creative
impulse, set off again on the roads!
Check their incredible latest single Tchekoulé - A powerful Afro Hop track fusing traditional senegalese rythm and flow with fresh hip hop sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXckIno-Q4
Check their incredible latest single Tchekoulé - A powerful Afro Hop track fusing traditional senegalese rythm and flow with fresh hip hop sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXckIno-Q4
CISSOKO NOUMOUCOUNDA feat Fred Hirshy
One of the best and most respected Kora player in the
world. This is the second time the genius of Cissoko Noumoucounda will be showcased in Kigali after a fire set
at KigaliUp SoundCheck Session in 2015 when he came with the Afro Soul songstress Thais Diarra.
After years of working on projects led by others (Stromae, Alpha Blondy, Mc Solaar), Noumoucounda brings magic ancient African energy be it in studio or on stage. His new album includes collaborations with Daara J Family and Positive Black Soul, but also traditional griots such as Djiby Dramé, Daba Seye, Mamy Kanouté, and Goundo Cissokho, Xuman, Ndongo D, and Keyti. It is a mature work, underlining complex and serious themes. An urban griot who cut his teeth in the world of modern music, he speaks of development and progress but also touches upon education and African women’s rights.
After years of working on projects led by others (Stromae, Alpha Blondy, Mc Solaar), Noumoucounda brings magic ancient African energy be it in studio or on stage. His new album includes collaborations with Daara J Family and Positive Black Soul, but also traditional griots such as Djiby Dramé, Daba Seye, Mamy Kanouté, and Goundo Cissokho, Xuman, Ndongo D, and Keyti. It is a mature work, underlining complex and serious themes. An urban griot who cut his teeth in the world of modern music, he speaks of development and progress but also touches upon education and African women’s rights.
