Opens today: 17th London African Music Festival until 24 Oct across various London venues
This year's festival looks at the impact of African sounds and rhythms across the world as it settles in the UK. Grupo Lokito present GRUPO LOKITO BIG BAND SPECIAL to put fire into their already explosive sound. While Fofoulah bring their global sound into play.
Cuba's Chicas De La Habana and Morocco's Abdul and The Gang make their UK debut. Two bands separate by ocean but still cooking African flavour music. While artists like Ineza, Carmen Souza, Tony Dudu and Ayinke Martins bring two or more cultural sounds into their African influenced music.
Dub poet and national treasure Benjamin Zephaniah and his Revolutionary Minds make their debut at the festival. The support is from The Afrocentrics who represent the future along with new singer INEZA. SPECTRUM with pianist and keyboardist NIRAN OBASA, bassist DARLINGTON JOSEPH and drummer STANLEY OHIOS represent the new direction for African jazz that looks to African rhythms for inspiration. The Hi Life Orchestra join the line-up representing Ghana/UK taking the magical sounds of hi-life and updating it with modern grooves.
Presented by Joyful Noise productions
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