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Rwandan electropop singer Iya Dede debut

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Iya Dede was born and raised in Rwanda, escaping genocide and war before settling in Belgium. She's made her mark on the Francophone music scene touring with world-renowned Zap Mama and an exhaustive list of European artists of diverse genres. She has toured on numerous stages in Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Israel, and now the US. "Talking to God," her anglophone ablum debut is an electric and bold expression of all her experiences, a collision of electropop, punk, alternative, traditional Rwandan music and jazz stylings. The streets are buzzing about this golden girl...
www.iyadede.com

The following concert film shot and edited by filmmaker/designer Shirley Bruno is a portrait of this rising star at the Brooklyn Museum celebrating famed nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare's exhibition in conjunction with New Africa Live.

A LakouNou productions/MissBruno New York.
www.missbruno.com
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