In May 2018 we were honored to welcome the Malian singer, songwriter, guitarist and acclaimed actress Fatoumata Diawara at M.Bassy for an unplugged concert ad well as intimate talk with Musa Okwonga about connection, receiving and sharing as well as following the path of an African feminists. She is hailed as the voice of young African womanhood – proud of her heritage but with a vision that looks confidently to the future and a message that is universal.
The acclaimed Grammy-winning Beninese French singer-songwriter and choreograph Angélique Kidjo was welcomed at M.Bassy on March 7, 2023, for a music and culinary conversation about her music career, African life in the diaspora, culture, racism and gender with the British-Ugandan writer, journalist and musician Musa Okwonga. The evening was musically rounded off by the Hamburg musician Saliou Cissokho who learned the tradition of playing the kora from his father in Senegal.
On the occasion of our exhibition project »Beyond AI: Resistance & Coexistence« in spring 2024 we warmly welcomed the artists Nkhensani Mkhari, Jazmin Morris, Vanessa Amoah Opoku & Linda Dounia Rebeiz at M.Bassy for a public panel discussion. In a private prelude on the evening bevor the opening, we had the one-off chance to record an in-depth podcast conversation of these leading young artists engaging in new digital technologies from a decolonial and sociopolitical perspective.
In July 2018 we warmly welcomed the acclaimed vocalist, composer, writer, and performer Somi Kakoma performing with Toru Dodo (piano) and Herve Sambe (guitar) for an unplugged concert at M.Bassy. Afterwards, the audience was invited to attend a personal conversation between the artist and the journalist, author and musician himself Musa Okwonga about the struggle of being a Black immigrant in the US, spaces of agency for African identities and giving voice to the community.
In SERIES #3 we are happy to host online for a close-up artist interview ERIC 1KEY who is an independent poet, spoken word artist, emcee, performer, actor and blogger from Kigali (Rwanda).
