Our Back Pages: Live Performers @Mwalimu Express 2016 - 2020
03/04/2022
KADIALLY KOUYATE
Na nga def
We head to Southern Senegal via London with Kadialy Kouyate the inspirational master of the kora, the West African harp. Bearing the Kouyate name, you know Kadialy comes from generations of griots. He is steeped in tradition and he's an awesome singer-songwriter.
Kadialy Kouyate's Sound Archive for groovy, innovative music for the soul and feet.
We are off for our annual hols so Don't miss the last Live Mwalimu Express session of the season. We will be back sometime in the autumn but you can still tune in to our Mwalimu Express Radio Show.
03/03/2022
OTTO AND THE MUTAPA CALLING
Otto Gumaelius started playing African music on the marimba in the late 1990s in Botswana. He founded Mutapa Calling back in 2017 with musicians from Botswana, Zimbabwe and the UK.
Their sound is full of energy and pulsating rhythms
Their music shares the rich cultures, histories and stories of the people of southern Africa: joyful music from Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, including folk songs, original songs and popular southern African covers.
Expect a Mwalimu stage overflowing with soprano, tenor and baritone marimbas, mbira, hosho, drumming and singing, traditional and contemporary dances.
06/02/2022
GRUPO LOKITO
Yay it's party vibes at Mwalimu Express
It's GRUPO LOKITO time
Featuring the cream of the Congoleses and Latin music scene Grupo Lokito seamlessly blend 2 great dance traditions irresistible Congolese Soukouse with firin' Cuban grooves to conjure up a bubbling cocktail of dance floor Frenzy.
Lets Scooby Doo and get down to Lokito's party vibes and shake off the Omicrom blues.What a great way to to kick off 2022
5/12 21
MUNTU VALDO
Brings us One & The Many, his spellbinding manipulation of electronica to create a full band sound. Over the sounds of his one man band he sings his electrifying and unique brand of blues from the Sawa region of Cameroon. Muntu, a gifted guitarist and harmonica player comes from Dibombari a town that has given us amazing artists like Manu Dibango, Richard Bona and Coco Mbassi.
Nov 2021 ABDULAYE SAMB
Senegalese singer songwriting guitar maestro ushered us into real live music with an uplifting intimate solo performance. Abdoulaye's rich mix of musical textures in built on his Fula and Mandinka roots. His big eared approch to music making is all about Minnjiaraby - The love of cultural mixing
Feb 2020 MOSI CONDE
Jan 2020 LONDON ZULU
Dec 2019 Diabel Cissokho with Joff Watkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ssLihOyqCQ&list=RDEMpTXKFRpFDUx_YL6Lg_6jpw&start_radio=
Nov 2019 DELE SOSIMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufe-uLKfEXw
Oct 2019 OTTO AND THE MUTAPA CALLING
Sept 2019 ABDUL TEEJAY's PALM WINE AGOGO
May 2019 COCO MBASSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr4R95sPrnI
April 2019 ATONGO
Mar 2019 ABDOULAYE SAMB
+ MINNJIARABY
https://youtu.be/KKVn5Ju96qQ
Feb 2019 BREIS
https://youtu.be/bVr3AYvf4ko
Big thannx to BREIS for a mighty fine show and this vid too
Dec 2018 Biram Seck & the Jhant Band
Nov 2018 EFG London Jazz Fest Sesh: JASON YARDE (saxes) BEX BURCH (gyil) Batch Gueye (percussion,vox, dance )
Oct 2018 Medioni Quartet feat YAZID FENTAZ I ( oud ) SIMO LAGNAWI ( gimbri and karakab)
LYNDON OWEN (horns and pipes ) CRAC DOWNES (basses)
& Maurice El Medioni: The Birth of PianOriental (UK 2018 dir. Clive Myer & Lynda Myer-Bennett)
Sept 2018 NAMVULA & ATONGO ZIMBA
https://namvula.bandcamp.com/ https://youtu.be/vQQ53FCtCSc
May 2018 LONDON ZULU
Apr 2018 SEBY NTEGE
Mar 2018 KADIALY KOUYATE 4TET
Feb 2018 MODOU TOURE
Jan 2018 THE SCORPIOS
Dec 2017 Mulele Matondo Afrika's KONGO DIA NTOTILA
Nov 2017 EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2017:
Mwalimu Express Afro Jazz Allstars
CAMILLA GEORGE
KADIALY KOUYATE
MULELE MATONDO AFRIKA
PAT THOMAS
Oct 2017 MUNTU VALDO
Sept 2017 WIYAALA & SABBEY INTERNATIONAL
Mar 2017 GRUPO LOKIT0
Feb 2017 ABDULAYE SAMB
Jan 2017 ABDUL TEE_JAY & ASABI HAWAH
Dec 2016 LONDON ZULU: Transglobal Underground Collective & Ingrid Webster
Nov 2016 EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016
Orphy Robinson (vibes)-Misafiri Zawose (vocals/zeze/limba/ngoma/flute)-
Magnus P.I (percussion/beats)-Sam Jones (electronics)
Oct 2016 DIABEL CISSOKHO
Sept 2016 SEBY NTEGE + NAA ADJELEY KWEI's Homowo festival images
May 2016 KONGO DIA NTOTILA
AFRICAN CINEMA presented by SCREEN STATION www.screenstation.net
Dec 2017
THE STORY TELLER
( 2017 - dir. Alex Emmanuel https://vimeo.com/alexemanuel
Oct 2017
SEMBENE!
The Inspiring Story of Ousmane Sembene
Father of African Cinema
(2015 - dir. Semba Gadjigo & Jason Siverman)
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
(2013 - dir. Justin Chadwick)
March 2017
MAHALEO
(2005 -Dir. Marie Cesar Paes and Raymond Rajaonarivelo)
Jan 2017
Mama Africa
(2011 - director: Mika Kaurismäki)
Watch the trailer here:
Dec 2016
Martha & Niki
(2015 Director: Tora Mkandawire Mårtens)
Oct 2016
Soul Power
(2008 Cert PG-13 Director: Geoff Levi-Hinte)
'a riveting glimpse of another time and another place, when things were more radical and more gloriously ramshackle' The
Guardian
*****
Sept 2016
Abouna Our Father
(2002 Cert PG Direction
' This beautifully gentle and lucid film rises head and shoulders above the rest of the week's new releases.' The Guardian
*****
May 2016
AKOUNAK TEDALAAT TAHA
Rain, the colour of blue with a little red in it
dir. Chris Kirkley
“a gentle bliss-out of a feature” The Village
Voice
“ charming and rag-tag” The Atlantic
EVERY EDITION
DJ's Max Reinhardt and Rita Ray
behind the decks.
Babies toddlers Kids and parents dance sessions
with Lucy Angell John
Hone your Oware skills with Seth
and the junior pebble demons
Dom's cd stall
Plus all your favourite Open The Gate
African Market stalls
and Kunle's African street food fresh from the pot