{"id":52516,"date":"2025-03-16T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T12:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/project\/concert-hawa-boussim\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T22:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:06:04","slug":"concert-hawa-boussim","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/project\/concert-hawa-boussim\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK CHOIR COLOGNE &amp; MELANE &amp; HAWA BOUSSIM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong> Black Choir Cologne<\/strong> is a self-organised initiative by Black people from the African diaspora living in Cologne. As a community-based project, the choir seeks to empower Black individuals and foster connection through the power of voice.<br\/>Musically, the Black Choir Cologne offers a vibrant and moving blend of gospel, soul, and jazz. With powerful a cappella arrangements and heartfelt performances, they not only showcase a rich repertoire but also celebrate the depth, resilience, and beauty of Black musical traditions.<br\/>More than just a choir, the Black Choir Cologne is a living, breathing community\u2014one that uplifts, inspires, and unites through music, with passion, energy, and purpose.   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Melane<\/strong>, the current winner of the \u201cFemale Producer Prize 2024\u201d, will be performing her first solo album \u201cMirrors &amp; Windows\u201d at this year&#8217;s africologneFESTIVAL in Odonien. Her first singles \u201cUbuntu\u201d and \u201cI Am I\u201d already caused quite a stir in 2020 and 2021. No wonder, because her voice has already been appreciated by such greats as Tony Allen, Manu Dibango and Gentleman, whom she supported as a backing vocalist. Now her journey continues as a front singer with her band.   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Hawa Boussim<\/strong> is a celebrated Burkinabe artist and singer. She passionately weaves traditional rhythms and contemporary sounds into a captivating journey. Through her singing and dancing, she explores the roots of African cultures and shares her personal approach in a rousing stage performance full of energy and joie de vivre. Together with her band, she celebrates a festival of collective emotions that transcend cultural boundaries.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Hawa Boussim plays in Cologne together with S\u00e9kou Kouyat\u00e9, S\u00e9ny Conte and Dominic Quaye.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>The concert is supported by the JUTTA VOGEL STIFTUNG &#8211; Preservation of Cultures in the African Deserts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Choir Cologne is a self-organised initiative by Black people from the African diaspora living in Cologne. As a community-based project, the choir seeks to empower Black individuals and foster connection through the power of voice.Musically, the Black Choir Cologne offers a vibrant and moving blend of gospel, soul, and jazz. With powerful a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":51944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[138,107],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-52516","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-15-06-en","project_category-2025-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/52516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52516"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/52516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53678,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/52516\/revisions\/53678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africologne-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=52516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}