Toso no longer wants to answer questions about what makes her african and what makes her german she once said music to speak for itself. A leaky chill was already a successful young singer when she fled her home in africa but it was in france that she rose to the ranks of a legend. Neko was 18 when she left nigeria and wound up in a german often its for young adults today shes an internationally acclaimed musician. 3 women who hit their musical stride by navigating different cultures your closest father is denying and her mother german moving from africa to hamburg at the age of 12 was a shock she experienced racism and suffered exclusion since the day music critics often compare her to the greats of soul and the blues. Back to. The. Yeah. There are. Actually kids roy has been a Leading Light in the Music Industry for decades though shes won 3 grammys and the world music category she rejects that label as too restrictive. The role models range from the South African singer mary emma keva to jimi hendrix was. To meet. Her dad is a way. Feels most at home here in the nigerian capital lagos even though she lived in hamburg for years. Its a great determination to forge a path towards making the music. Fuse elements of hip hop soul African Music under strong helping africa. Is a magical chill and. Live music straddles the continent but none of these singers are committed to a single musical style of category and each has developed her own unique sound there theyve built International Audiences by working in europe over 3 regularly returned to africa this film explores how they transnational experiences have shaped them music. What kind of music do you make when you grow up in gonna be mean or nigeria and then spend a large part of you. Life in europe. Now has the 3 process their experiences of rootlessness and of leaving their childhood homes. And how did going back influenced their creative output. Make this father is nigerian her mother german and she grew up in nigeria in africa she was teased for her lighter skin once she moved to germany she was confronted with racial slur. In nigeria and she sang at school and in the church choir there were no other opportunities to make music. Or why in nigeria i was too noisy to think. There wasnt even a. Family. Its not like i wanted to be but does do even. In gauging in that like this. Its not happening. Which crowd there is worrying you. You must be weve all authentic though we want to. Remove it from you know. You. Know. But today shes making music after all. Is the youngest of 4 siblings had german mother left the family when it was 2 years old and returned to hamburg alone. It was 982. 00 and the start of a traumatic phase and nick has lined. The children suffered years of abuse at the hands of their stepmother. But naked doesnt speak about her past from early on she saw to focus on her goals and the positive things in her life finding comfort in a Christian Faith and its music. It provides an outlet for hecks parents his and her spirituality. When she was 18 nicole and her brother left their fathers home and sought shelter with their biological mother in germany but she had no room for them. They turned to the city for help. You could get some really good social help. So yeah missions us. For our biggest asset is the people that actually. Took me in so thats hamburg and then after that obviously i got kind of got transferred to. Ca told her shes home. The nuns there they took care of me for a couple of years and thats my relationship to hamburg mainly obviously because. I feel like they embraced me and they were people who were very nice to me when i 1st came here who were willing to yet to show me a path and give me opportunities. Which i might have not had when i was in that you. Need to learn german fast she got a High School Diploma within 18 months and graduated from university with a degree in ethnology anthropology and African Studies though she had to work odd jobs to finance his studies she still found time to sing and play guitar. She was introduced to hip hop by german produce a d. J. Far hunt the pair continue to collaborate in the studio to this day. She left handed more than 15 years ago but she occasionally comes back to visit and to work her Management Agency is based here. And of course she performs here too like at the big jazz festival in hamburg stockmans. How different her life is today. But everything shes been through resurfaces time and again in music and lyrics. Make me they. Throw. In this man in this way. When im. Going. Wherever. The be. Down. Found her way managing to put in a difficult post behind her now she wants to give Something Back many of her lyrics are political taking aim at injustice environmental destruction and finance. She uses her International Natural easy to promote humanitarian projects lending her voice to those who would otherwise go on her. Voice to condemn the nigerian terrorist Group Boko Haram and back overnight as ations that helped former child soldiers and advance womens rights. To. The be. I did give me. My. Life. My. Life. My. My. Friends is a common destination for refugees and migrants from former french colonies in africa. And chile kidjo arrived in paris after fleeing binnys communist dictatorship more than 35 years ago. Today she cant walk down the street without being recognized. To. And shes much in demand as an interview guest shes been invited to do you know but today to talk about her autobiography. I mean. Only. With the animated nature she brings the studio to life singing chatting and spreading an infectious good mood. In the interview she recounts how she left her hometown of course to new and then in and came to paris without any money or a job. The parents who stayed behind in africa feared for their young daughters welfare in the big city where one could quickly hit the skids in her autobiography entitled spirit rising my life my music she describes this time of her life. Well. I mean imagine. Like nikka she to manage to keep her head above the water by working odd jobs. As long as i could pay my rent and have enough to eat well to be honest i didnt eat enough which wasnt so bad my passion for music supported me i knew if i worked hard and kept on at my music then i would get there eventually. My music she. Its evident that angelica life and music are defined by her thirst for freedom her embrace of different cultures a selfconfident joy in experimentation and a commitment to stand up for others traits she says she owes to her liberal minded and culturally astute parents are the mark of. It all began in kota new where i grew up i dedicated the book to my father he always brought music and books home and encouraged us to play sports these pleasures always had an Educational Value my dad was keen to couple learning with fun. I wrote the book mainly to be a few prejudices about africa. Despite all the misery theres joy there too its not like everyone in africa is suffering. Freedom of speech was part of the way of life in my family home. Everyone had the right to speak freely our father and mother were ahead of their time. But i dont want anyone to write that about me later i want to tell my own story now to tell the truth about what i am and what is going on in africa today along is happening in africa right now a lot of rapid changes people think this continent will never amount to anything but its moving ahead. He said you know. Theres still time for a quick photo shoot at the Radio Station angelica chos day is full of appointments and everything is tightly timed after all she is not in paris as much as she used to be and shes got a lot to do when she is. She still feels at home here in france the former colonial ruler of her homeland binning. Clearly french culture has inspired and influenced her but its safe to say that shes monster the art of assimilating other cultures and creating something uniquely her. Was. For instance by drawing an unexpected verb from piaf swilled wearisome songs. Even the rehearsal as adroitly not least because hes being accompanied by the playwright director actor and festival director levy a piece. Was outcome. That was. The. Come. To cats. Come. Come to. The come come. To meet she truly loves the dynamic culture of paris home to new ready of good Recording Studios enticing shops and a large african community. She lives with her husband and manages the bases john a play in a small house on the outskirts of town when shes not in new york an email over somewhere else that has. A leak doesnt put on any airs and graces she cuts herself and likes to show off her cousin mary talents. Yes im making chicken and shrimps. Jim some time i. I mix everything together whether its food or music i mix it all up tied been a nice french whatever i feel like as a child in between and leak was exposed to music from all over the world his father owned an extensive Record Collection and played the banjo the mother ran a theater play the clarinet and selling. But after a regime change everything was different. The communist banned all music even on the radio which had played everything until then all sorts of music all a sudden boom you got up in the morning and heard get ready for the revolution the fight goes on and you heard the same when you went to bed too it went on all day always the same old news from the same regime but there was no news from the rest of the world if it was dangerous to listen to the french Radio Station f e or other foreign broadcasts if a neighbor heard you you could be denounced as a traitor it was a far cry from freedom. Of it. People. Have become a star in pinyin the countrys marxist regime expected her to sing propaganda songs and was displeased when she refused she was afraid shed end up in prison. In 1982 she fled to paris on a small plane. When i arrived in france i caught up with all the music i missed out on. French music english american even classical music. The 1st thing i did was literally bay the music. I listen to anything i hadnt heard before and im still discovering new things today i was always curious about what people here were doing. When its a. Function excess parents broadened her musical horizons it was here that she studied singing as well as law for a while and then developed a profile as a human rights activist. After launching her career with African Songs and performances that she developed from traditional dances she came to work with such big Music Industry names as Peter Gabriel conason tana joss stone and alicia keys. On her travels and on tour she discovered influences of African Music all over the world. Whenever i was in the u. S. Or brazil wherever i was i always discovered something of my continent the club the rhythm that came with the slaves. Were to go. To these rhythms are based on the weather to quarter for quarter a 6 quarter time. When im making music i never get out of time if i listen to the cabaret then i know exactly where i am. Most. Of the music of africa has had a profound influence on world music and there are a few genres where its presence is as strongly felt as in latin american music. Blending it into any as it came naturally to under a leaky jewel who is fluent in spanish. Yeah because he was german grandfather worked on ships in hamburg through its port the city has always been a gateway to the world. What it was sometimes still feels alien and unwelcome its different when she gets to work here shes surrounded by musicians and dancers from all over the world people of all different skin colors and all regions. She spent the 1st 2 years of her life in ghana and other african countries with her mother a German Development aid worker and hagen a and father a musician she was 12 when the family moved to hamburg it was hard to adjust to a new culture a new mindset and who had German School where she was the only pupil with dark skin. A 7 ish but its t. C. K. So i describe myself as a t. C. K. 3rd culture kid. My mothers from hamburg where were shooting right now. And my father is from ghana. He was born and raised in eastern gonna so i have an entirely different culture namely in the 3rd culture and thats exactly how i see music music is the personal 3rd culture its everything that is inside you the output is indefinable for me output is always indefinable because i like artists who work like that and i draw inspiration from very different things. I recorded my nephews heartbeat away ill show you. I mix that with this. That. The earth. Does and its a backyard in senegal indycar and this was the result. Of. The sounds of africa a continuous source of inspiration for your cottle. The continent is abuzz with music its not a cliche but reality as we discover in the Canadian Capital accra. In the district of jamestown a different tune reverberates from every street side stall. We hear every pop and f. O. B. s as well as contemporary hits created on computers just like songs anywhere else in the world and yet theres something quintessentially african about them. Oh. It is africa doesnt just inspired through its music this is an artist and scores where yasser likes to buy fabrics she finds ideas for his stage shows and music video costumes here. The father of the little tricky. Today shes looking for fabric for a headscarf. Consider this my favorite. Memories of. Mice like you but. Its been 3 yards what can we do if she has never turned her back on africa she still feels at home his she says and is more relaxed here than in europe. In ghana she tells us she never feels misunderstood never out of place will stay at us and if it just because of her origin this also is where she reconnects to her musical roots the music she heard in a child it out of our. Growing up here you are continuously exposed to music. And of course the biggest musical influence was my father who was a high life musician. And a rehearsal room in our house and rehearsals were always on saturdays at 4 oclock. Feel. My my father taught me how to play the jam by a little our traditional drum and my mother introduced me to piano. I had piano lessons but it was all very classical i had a very strict piano teacher here in akra. I actually only played mozart and the like with him which i. So when i got home i mostly did my own songs with a few notes or chords that i already knew. Today your coaches music is rooted somewhere between africa and europe like millions of people today shes at once adrift and at home in several places at the same time. Her world view is all encompassing taking in different languages and cultures but her lifestyle is also complicated. Recordings for a video clip with abandon across. From. Freedom is within you is the message of his song diamonds the diamonds of life are youll say the lyrics its you and nobody else who can crack your code to freedom. Corps band is european and they rehearse regularly in paris but the musical lunatics is a group here in accra a bridge to africa that helps her to stay in touch with her going to roots. They currently working on a musical its a big project that will still take time and work to put together. But now theyre rehearsing the song teacher. She says generation the kids to write to start. Changing the subject. For her. To. Get closer as a musical comedian who effortlessly transforms have voice from valve a t. Soft high and fragile to powerful soul tough. Because you write songs about people why they come why they go why they fall in love she has called his style soul seeking music. Its february and cold in paris. Nikka arrived the previous day commuting between continents as part of the music business. All 3 sing is returned to the french capital frequently to record which also infuses their music with european influences. Nick has brought some recordings from lagos ideas for new songs to develop in the studio here. She meets up with musician plays and money and a producer she worked with both on her last album was. More. What you want to blaze records nick has voice on the computer playing the preprinted used backing tracks over headphones. To never work for. The family theyre down to make a studio work and lyrics are strongly shaped by her Life Experiences and spirituality. Down the tracks step by step and dubs over onto her own original recording. Did blaze get it down on his laptop. Make us happy i had already done some recordings at home on my computer. Back with just with the guitar and i kid misty to do to do Something Else but then we ended up recording it on now its become this song its done within 24 hours. Giving. Back. To work for me. You never heard from. Back then. It started snowing. Nicus freezing. Escaping european winters was one of the motivating factors behind her decision to go back to nigeria. When youre listening to the music can you tell whether it was written and produced under the african sun or in snowy paris. And does world travel and constant exposure to new influences really molded musical style. Here we are very receptive beings. For a new role as also as a musician. You hear something somewhere you might not be aware that you are taking that information in until maybe a year after. You know and then you hear it in your record saw yeah i would see this in the traveling around not just staying in please but just traveling meeting all of them was a shans playing on different stages. Called sure as even food can influence your sound like that we cook all. The winds that address the specific types of food can influence how you because then that can also have an effect on how you cook for yourself and how you cook also shows how you make music so. The called the cold. Inspires you a lot. As the snow is falling now i mean i dont listen to more trees but this can just inspire me to like i dont know like create something. That has reduced but the rhythm is maybe. Dragged up part. So its not like. Its not its not the rhythm that used to. Be like me. To. Do. To you know but its still there so africa is in between i knew it was on the surface. If you can see that. African rhythms feature strongly in all 3 womens music. And theres another thing that makes them stand out a voice a cadence that is clearly african in origin and very hard to copy. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. From africa via europe to new york. A few years ago and she leakage or adopted the city as her 3rd home. Today shes on her way to the United Nations shes been a unicef goodwill ambassador since 2002. I want to make up. A sign from her humanitarian work she also regularly hosts a Current Affairs program for the un website. 21st century french episode 69 her music has always appealed for peaceful coexistence between races and the sexes. As a presenter she embodies a life lived between continents and cultures a citizen of the world in the truest sense. Of evil i mean for the media were back. On of age. Once again his schedule is tight she squeezes in a small studio session with her band. A song about people who exert control over a countrys government. Leak and the adventure of music began with personal a people and migration. 3 have may Cross Cultural innovation the guiding principle and the source of their inspiration. All the places ive been have shaped the person i am i travel because i have the health and strength to do so and counters with other cultures allow us to grow and recognize the world in its globalism. You are stuck in your own blinkered world where everything is only black or white instead the world has all the colors of the rainbow. The fear of the foreign leads to the creation of isolated worlds and truths. But you cant just live for yourself. I always say hate and love arent forces generated from outside and they come from within us. Its a home 1st. And when not in a 100 years everyone will be t. C. K. Case meaning by cultural and multicultural and i think many people find it mentally strenuous because then you can no longer say what is what and who comes from where. So its making older people a little nervous. When people have my music in a specific box or john or they would see its afro pop he would some with see. Contemporary afro beat some would see its hip hop soul and some would see its conscious. I would say its all of the. Conscious. Life electronic synthetic authentic. Chemical. It to frequent flier. On surely kids will. Need and. 3 musicians at home between continents its in a music that they forge their Identity Music that knows no exclusion and transcends boundaries. So i told him from america on. A fast industry goes slow. Feelers out for a trendsetter at night. The Roaring Twenties of reloading. Is fashion 2020 style on 21. And 30 minutes on d w. Its as if they dont need to keep a lot of the people vote for over a mention on the 4th time for the most followed closely minute its the letter that was the bottom of the valley is that the last dragon this word has called the harm to your. Degree but are now. In the army of climate change. Goodness of. People. Who want to be used to the head of their future. D. W. Dot com for can make a service for the mechanisms could turn. 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