Nzebi afro-fusion
An artist so close
with music from far away
An artist so close, with music from far away.
She writes from the songs and rhythms she grew up with in her village of Mbigou, deep in the equatorial forest of Gabon. Rich and teeming, her music draws its substance from the traditional repertoire of the Nzebi people, a Bantu people of Central Africa from whom she took her stage name.
A contemporary African singer, Tita sets that inherited tradition inside a modern artistic frame.
Photo : Marian Wenger
Listen
Start with Mbama.
Promiscuity, mbama, is harmful to human relationships. Sometimes we have to move away from those we love, the better to find them again.
Titre a la une
Mbama
3:38
Photo : Milena Perdriel
Biography
A language is kept by singing it.
Tita Nzebi is the stage name of Huguette Lekat, a Gabonese singer, composer and writer born in Mbigou, in southern Gabon.
“I became aware of the beauty of our traditional music, and I decided to become a singer in order to preserve a musical heritage and make it known.”
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Photo : Mathieu Chiasson