Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom!
I work predominantly with tailors from Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.
I like to honor my West African and Taino ancestry, I consider it sacred and divine.
One of the things I really like about West African guitar playing is the way it makes harmony linear. They're really spelling things out and turning chords into melodies instead of just letting them be these hanging blocks of color.
I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish.
My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.
I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West.
