Joyce N’Sana Launches Télama, an Album Where Congo, Blues, Rock and Funk Meet

Interview by Keithy Antoine

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Joyce N’Sana, CBC revelation for the 2021-22 season, launches Télama, her second album on the Productions Nuits d’Afrique label. Télama means “get up and walk” in Kikongo, her father’s language, which Joyce rediscovered during the making of this recording at the crossroads of Central Africa, blues, rock and funk. Keithy Antoine interviewed her for PAN M 360, on the eve of its launch on November 22.

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