Performers - Day of the Goddess 2016

Nadia Al Fahih Hasan

Master Drummer

Artist

Movement

Offering DrumCall

Nadia grew up, to the sounds of drums of various occasions in Libya moving to Italy to study for 5 years.

She moved to London studying an Arts Degree in Illustration and Graphics. Music always followed her whilst, studying she would sing and jam with local talent.

For the Millenium, she embarked on a trip to Ghana which marked a turning point in her life. In 2001 she, returned to West Africa and heard the call of her Ancestors and visited, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Gambia, where she explored African percussion and dance. Upon returning to London she, she participated with Nostalgia Steel Band for 15 years. Also studying with Yusuf Joe Legwabe (Master Drummers of Africa) Indigenous and self taught rhythms of South African and Global influence. She studied and performed with Blema Sisters of Ghanaian Pan African influence.

Her recent projects have been in Community Education and Performance. She has led a series of interactive workshops with Numbi Arts, and Open the Gate in Drumming, Singing, Movement and Multimedia and has been a support percussionist to artistic bands. Nadia continues her study/development with Khalifa Conte and Skanda Sabbagh in Everyone's Climbing Tree project.

She is called to the path of co creating in Self Healing, Expression, Creativity and Empowerment in Community and Performance through Drum Song. She affirms the Ancient African proverb, if you can talk you can sing and if you can walk you can dance and she adds if you can move you can drum.

‘Kianja’

Song Writer

Singer

KIANJA is a multi instrumentalist writing & performing songs that show a maturity and skill far above what could normally be expected from a 17 yr-old.

Her current single Chatty – a collaboration with the red-hot producers @Heavytrackerz - is the latest in a long line of achievements since she bounced onto the scene when she came second in the UK based “Roc da Mic” competition as a thirteen year-old.

In three short years KIANJA gained a scholarship at a Jazz Music school in Durban, Won the Beyerdynamic covers competition, & gained radio airplay in South Africa; Travelling back to UK last year she performed at the Edinburgh Festival, released a couple of singles, worked with the Jazz / Tomorrows Warriors London Jazz Fest, won the Bang Radio ‘Bang Your Buskie competition’; and joined The Brit School as a music specialist; She made it to the final of the Gigs 2015, the Mayor of London's annual competition for young Londoners, won Africa on the Square, and is currently working on her New EP launch ‘Blue Flame; at Brighton Fringe Fest 18 May 2016 Meanwhile stand back for the amazing Music video - ‘In the Zone’

KIANJA has been soaking up musical influences from her family and friends and a myriad of musicians who are keen to work with this incredible raw talent. She is equally at home singing and writing pop songs and mixing this with Jazz, RnB, Roots, Reggae and Urban flavours, engaging her audience with intelligent lyrics, a stunning voice and a captivating stage presence.

YouTube Preview Here; www.facebook.com/kianjamusic / twitter @kianjamusic. Management:

Oroh oroh@moveyourhands.co.uk +44 (0)7958 297077

Guy guy@moveyourhands.co.uk +44 (0)7775 656578 Angela pseedpsp@yahoo.co.uk +44 (0)7508 010174

AmmaMo

Actress

Workshop Facilitator

Overtone Chanter

Singer-Songwriter

Offering Overtone Chanting & Song

Academic studies in Performing Arts at Middlesex University, and whilst in my final year travelling and performing for four and a half months in India, I encouraged local children to teach me to speak Hindi, and also learnt to read and write Hindi script.

After that I embarked on solo travels for six weeks before returning to London to present academic cultural perspectives in dissertation.

After graduating and moving into the field of acting, continuing to learn, and find truth in: physical theatre, post graduate Afrikan, Caribbean and Contemporary dance and associated studies, provided experiences and on visiting the British Museum, Sekhmet presented herself to me, and became my assignment, and, for a practical assessment, the Orisha Obatala, in a meditation, came to show me the way: as a Warrior for Peace.

Workshops to date for children and young people, developing creative writing of: poetry, song, character comedy, and in preparing scripts for radio and screen, it is now time to take a breath and crystallize a personal unique expression.

Inspired by practice in Overtone chanting; learnt in workshops with Jill Purcell, has led to exponential development of voice for singing jazz, and recently entering the world of voiceovers.

Meditation as a personal tool, and, a desire to share/teach Overtone Chanting technique to others,is a means of managing self in an otherwise seemingly confused and turbulent world, and for me as a daily spiritual discipline now serves as a focus and perspective for drawing on all experiences thus far: to be enabled to move into a landscaped language that resonates creatively and personally on this current life's journey.

T: 07984 979 413 T: 07446 085 672 E: info@dayofthegoddess.co.uk