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Awa Sangho: Mama! – a beautiful Single + Video for Mother’s Day.

Awa Sangho: Mama! – a beautiful Single + Video for Mother’s Day.

Please enjoy this beautiful Mother’s Day ode from Malian vocalist, composer, musician, and activist Awa Sangho – ‘The Golden Voice of Mali’. Stream/Download here on https://AwaSangho.lnk.to/MamaSingleID Born in the desert of Mali, and having lived in Bamako, Abidjan, Paris, New York City, and now the San Francisco Bay Area, Awa is an ‘Afropolitan’ who’s performed with many top African artists including Salif Keita, Ali Farka Toure, Oumou Sangare, Manu Dibango, Amadou & Mariam and Les Amazon D’Afrique. More singles and a new album are coming soon so be sure to follow Awa on your platforms of choice to stay in the loop! Video by Adrian Tillmann. Music & lyrics by Awa Sangho Mama! is a single from Awa’s album NEW WORLD, slated for release on Motéma in 2025. You can follow Awa Sangho’s socials, join her mailing list, and stream her debut album, Ala Ta, at this link: https://bio.to/MAMApremiereID


New Single “LIFE SIGNS” Out Now!

New Single “LIFE SIGNS” Out Now!

A surprise release from Stefon Harris and Blackout, SONIC CREED II: LIFE SIGNS is both a sequel to SONIC CREED and a prequel to Stefon’s next release LEGACY DANCES coming in 2025. The full album is scheduled to be released on June 14th, and the first single, ‘Life Signs’, is available to purchase/stream today!




A VIDEO SALUTE TO OPAL LE AND JUNETEENTH

A VIDEO SALUTE TO OPAL LE AND JUNETEENTH

We at Motéma want to celebrate and elevate the voice and works of teacher and activist Opal Lee, 95, known as “The Grandmother of Juneteenth”. At age 89 she began a walking campaign to advocate for this11th Federal Holiday, which celebrates the freeing of enslaved African Americans at the end of the Civil War, and serves to underscore that none of us are free until all of us are free.   Ms. Lee said on CNN today “I want you to know that it’s mind-boggling to think that we actually have a holiday…  Juneteenth means freedom!”  Here’s a video montage to honor this moment,  that is set to the final track of artist/activist Rene Marie’s remarkable album ‘Voice of My Beautiful People’ (Motéma 2011). Learn more about Opal Lee and Juneteenth here: shorturl.at/loHUW and here: https://www.opalswalk2dc.com/