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Fredy Massamba is one of the founders and choreographers of the world-famous Tambours de Brazza, winner of a Kora Award in 2012, and has since established himself as the “Afro-soul voice of Congo” on French radio. The Montrealer rakes in 3 continents and earns his living as a prolific artist. He may not be a superstar on the dark continent, but he’s respected by all, having shared the stage with the likes of Manu Dibango, Salif Keïta, Mory Kanté, Ray Lema, Didier Awadi, Lokua Kanza, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Zap Mama. Afro-Montreal griot Djely Tapa sings on a track from his 3rd album, Transcestral , released in 2023. Interviewed by Sandra Gasana for PAN M 360, Fredy Massamba tells us he draws on the great traditions of Central Africa, the ancestral repertoires of the Kingdom of Kongo and the polyrhythmic (pygmy) chants of the equatorial forest, to which he injects Afrosoul, hip-hop, jazz, soukouss and Congolese rumba. This is what we’ll be treated to on July 20 at 6pm at Nuits d’Afrique.
