My debut album — a collaboration with rock producer Jacknife Lee — is out now. Available on CD, Vinyl and all digital platforms.
“From the great elephant to the tiny ant, each has their own strength and power, or ‘fanga’. The song invites us to step forward and face our destiny.”
“Kurunba tells the story of a particular woman who was freed from her isolation. On the day of her daughter’s wedding she sang this song, and the same people who had tried to lock her up were transformed into dogs and flies. It’s like a curse.”
“N’yanyan is based on a very old song created by our ancestors, acknowledging our limits and our mortality. I sing it for all human beings, to tell them that we are in the middle ground and all this will end one day. This difficulty is only a moment in time, and all things will pass.”
“Her voice has all the magic and subtlety of the griots. Sometimes her voice cuts like a blade, sometimes it's as soft as a child's. She possesses the musicality of the sounds of a kora. She combines force and gentleness”
Maryse Condé, author of Segu and Waiting for the Waters to Rise
Label: Real World Records / Booking: prod@3dfamily.org