Fumbo: Names, Traditions and Meanings
I am very proud to present Fumbo, Amani Creatives CIC’s new exhibition exploring the heritage of African names in Greater Manchester and the Northwest of England. It runs at Manchester
Join me for free singing workshops – and the chance to feature on my new album!
Twenty singers from Greater Manchester are being offered an exciting opportunity – to be part of the recording of my forthcoming new album! The opportunity is part of a two-year
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Book tickets for my new family friendly performance at HOME in October 2021
I’m delighted to announce a new multimedia performance for families at Home Manchester’s Push Festival 2021 Join me for Tales from the Congo Basin on Fri 29 Oct 2021 by
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Join me at Oldham Library for Voices For Action Mini Festival on Saturday 25 September
This is just a quick update to let you know that I am giving a video presentation and talk on Saturday 25 September as part of Voices For Action Mini
Ripples of Hope Festival appearance at HOME Manchester on 17 September
Here are a few images from a recent talk I gave at the Ripples of Hope Festival at HOME arts centre in Manchester, UK on 17 September 2021. You can
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When Musical Traditions Meet And Inspire: My Research In Kinshasa/DR Congo during August 2021
‘When Musical Traditions Meet and Inspire’ is a new project I have just launched, thanks to Arts Council England and The National Lottery Back in 2019, in my very first
ACE funding secured for Conglese research project- and new music incoming…
I’m so excited to announce that thanks to project funding from Arts Council England (ACE) I can further research the Central African musical traditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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POSTED ON24TH JUL 2020 Me, Corona and My Work/Before coro
By EMMANUELA YOGOLELO Have you found yourself, yet, wondering what I was doing before covid-19 forced us all into confinement? Well, allow me to tell you one thing I was
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When African and Indian Musical Traditions Meet. Part Four.
Like we say it in the Kivu (in Eastern DR Congo) and in Swahili language spoken there, ‘leo njo leo’. This means, ‘today is the D-day/the long-awaited day’. My collaborative
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When African and Indian Musical Traditions Meet. Part Three.
By Emmanuela Yogolelo Before I share the Afro-Raga music Jaydev and I have created, here are some details on African musical traditions and traditional African music. About African music being
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