Hi all, I left the blog unmanned for a little while. So here is a series of updates, and before adding more sets from Reading here is some true African sights & sounds with the London African Music Festival on the 12th and 13th of September. This festival, on its 7th year, was organised by Joyful Noise at the Southbank Center and featured artists from many African countries:
On the Saturday: YOLANDA BROWN (UK), AZIZA BRAHIM (Western Sahara), FAYYAZ VIRJI (Tanzania),KUNLE OLASOJU (Nigeria), N’FALY KOUYATE KORA TRIO (Guinea), EL ANDALUZ (Algeria), THE FUTURE SOUNDS OF AFRICA
And on the Sunday: OLIVER MTUKUDZI (Zimbabwe), DELE SOSIMI (Nigeria), ANNA MUDEKA (Zimbabwe), SAM DJEGUE (Cameroon), ANNA MUDEKA (Zimbabwe), RACHEL MAGOOLA (Uganda) and HIL ST SOUL (Zambia)
Yolanda Brown backstage at the London African Music Festival 2009
N'Faly Kouyate of Kora Trio at Purcell Room, QEH, 12 September 2009
Oliver Mtukudzi at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 12 September 2009
