{"id":109361,"date":"2022-06-28T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=109361"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:48:12","slug":"nyege-nyege-paris-full-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nyege-nyege-paris-full-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyege Nyege Festival Paris this July 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Cairo to Kampala, L’\u00eele Maurice to Paris the official lineup for the Parisian edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival is finally here. Come early, there will be goodies for the first ones to show up. Dive into the sounds, and get your tickets<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The full lineup for Nyege Nyege Paris<\/a> is officially here. For the first Parisian edition of the iconic Ugandan festival an eclectic pan-African lineup is set to light up Le Point Fort d\u2019Aubervilliers this July 16th for an unforgettable session of great music and club culture. From Cairo to Kampala, L’\u00eele Maurice to Paris, these established and emerging artists, DJs, rappers and performers is an extraordinary selection of the most exciting electronic sounds coming from the continent and its diaspora today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A full day of music, performances, workshops (makeup, fashion and wellbeing) and collectives that will present their clothing, accessories and jewellery. A curation in collaboration with Art’Press Yourself and Violaine le Fur Du Yoke collective. Rdv this July 14th starting at 14h to get a taste of a wide variety of sounds all unified by an uncontrollable urge to dance! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performances, workshops et designers stalls<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Art’Press Yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art’Press Yourself is an organisation that has been promoting the values and diversity of Afro urban culture since 2015. It is involved in events which highlight the movements and personalities of artists from this new artistic and creative scene. The association also supports young people from working class neighbourhoods by introducing them to cultural professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Art’Press Yourself invites us to discover three brands involved in the promotion of Afro-urban culture: Original x Creation, KWAB\u014c and MLKr\u00e9ations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original x Creation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original x Creation is a clothing and accessories brand created in 2014. Through the use of wax prints, the brand wishes to promote its vision of a world without borders, which they call “the Afropolitan Way of Life”. The brand offers functional and modern accessories inspired by Afro-descendant cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KWAB\u014c <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KWAB\u014c, which means \u201cwelcome\u201d in Fon, is a clothing brand based in Lom\u00e9, Togo where noble fabrics from West Africa are sewed together, by hand. The brand thus aims to be an invitation to discover different African ethnic groups. It sells various streetwear and workwear pieces with Asian-inspired cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MLKr\u00e9ations <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ML Kr\u00e9ations is a brand of handmade urban jewellery and accessories in France. Through the production of unique pieces, the brand highlights the skills of Togolese craftsmen. The collections are inspired by the African continent: Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Togo, Senegal, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Working mainly with fabric scraps, the brand also endeavours to develop an eco-conscious model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yoke collectif<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yoke collective runs film workshops, cultural events, dance exhibitions and performances. This team, made up exclusively of women, is behind works that question the relationship to territories, individuals and identities. The organisation is especially committed to artistic projects focused on individual and collective therapeutic healing. It connects together collectives working directly on the African continent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Violaine le Fur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violaine Le Fur is a mesmerist and practises non-contact energy treatments that allows people to reach a state of trance. She makes healing objects from plants and minerals that she uses on patients during treatments. She has made an autobiographical documentary in West Cameroon in which she shares her introduction to communing with the ancestors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Natty Kongo<\/strong> Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natty Kongo Creation is the brand of the Franco-Congolese designer Natty Kongo, a project whose inspiration comes from a trip to Kinshasa. Through his urban-inspired collections, the designer pays tribute to his African heritage. In his creations, he uses raffia fabrics and mixes ancestral motifs, kemetic symbols and neo-impressionist images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roxane Leblais <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roxane Leblais is a French-Iranian artist based in Paris. Through painting, photography, collage, video, sculpture and her taste for poetry, she draws on Persian culture to create a unique work that takes us on a sensory and mythological journey. Across different ages, she unveils characters, icons, settings and landscapes which allow us to sense a world, real or fictional, made of figures and poems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DJs et live performances<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Flo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florence Lugemwa, aka Flo, is a DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Uganda. She lends her skills as a trumpet player to HHY & the Kampala unit, a futuristic electro trio, signed with Nyege Nyege. In 2020, they released Lithium Blast<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> the sound of which is drenched in dub and techno and blended with traditional percussion and ghostly trance elements. As the album ponders on Uganda\u2019s desire to modernise itself by any means necessary, it also reflects the member\u2019s commitment to environmental causes. Deeply involved with ghetto youth as well, Flo teaches children of her hometown, where she formed a brass band. She is currently working on her debut album that will be released on Hakuna Kulala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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