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Tiwa Savage, Gambian Kora Great grace Glo-sponsored African Voices


Nigerian music diva,ย  Tiwa Savage, is guest this week onย African Voices Changemakeres,ย  Globacom-sponsored magazine programmeย  of the Cable News Network (CNN).

The programme will also feature Gambian Kora great, Sona Jobarteh.

Sona Jobarteh

Tiwa began her music career doing backup vocals for artistes as George Michael and Mary J. Blige.

Reputed for her blend of Afrobeat ,ย  hip hop and pop, she released her debut studio albumย Once Upon a Timeย  in 2013. It was supported by seven singles: “Kele Kele Love”, “Love Me (3x)”, “Without My Heart”, “Ife Wa Gbona”, “Folarin”, “Olorun Mi” and “Eminado”. The album was nominated for Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and for Best R&B/Pop Album at The Headies 2014.

Tiwa won Best African Act at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards, becoming the first woman to win in that category. She won the Best Female West Africa Award in 2017 and 2018 and the Soundcity MVP Award for African Video of the Year in 2020, among others.

Sheย  has interestย  in youth empowerment and breast cancer screening projects and has raised funds to build schools in Nigeria.

The second guest on the programme,ย  Jobarteh, is a multi-instrumentalist who plays the cello, guitarย  and traditionalย  kora which is a 21-stringed harp-like instrument. She is alsoย  a composer.

Born in 1983, Jobarteh is the first female professional kora player to come from aย  family of celebrated griots. She attended the Royal College of Music in the United Kingdom where she studied cello, piano and harpsichord. She also went to the Purcell School of Music, England, to study Composition.

Her debut album was Afro-Acoustic Soul which contained songs about bittersweet love and social themes.

The programme airs on Saturday DSTV channel 401 atย  5.30 p.m. and is repeated onย  Sunday at 4.30 a.m., 7.30 a.m.,12.30 p.m. andย  6.30 p.m. and on Monday at 5.30 a.m.

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