Wiyaala

Wiyaala singer and dancer, also known as "The Lion of Africa," comes from the traditional village of Funsi, in the northwestern region of Ghana. The award-winning African star with its songs and life energy inspires people with love, tolerance and joy. Her music is a conglomerate of Ghanaian folk songs and Afropop, enriched with an energetic and exciting dance performance. When Wiyaala fell into the eye of Rita Ray of BBC's "Global Beats" in 2014, she had a tremendous opportunity, becoming one of Africa's leading international musicians performing at many major events and festivals around the world. Among the most important; Commonwealth games (Australia), SummerStage (America), WOMAD UK, The African Union (Morocco), Welcome to the Village (Netherlands), Afro-Phingsten (Switzerland), Riddu Riddu (Norway), Kequally Africa Festival (Germany). Her successful musical performance is also supported by numerous awards: – Best Ghanian Cultural Act, Ghana Music Awards UK 2021 – Woman of the decade, Womans choice awards Africa 2020 – Artiste of the year, Ghana Arts & Culture awards 2019 – BBC's Celebrated African Women, BBC News 2018 – Most Artiste in Africa/Revelation of the African Continent, All Africa Music Awards AFRIMA 2014 ... Her collaboration with the Slovenian all-star band "The YagaYagas" began in 2019. Although the global pandemic interrupted their cooperation for a moment, before performing at the famous WOMAD (UK) festival in 2023, the band reunited to spark their creative spark. This revival led to a joint recording project; album "Segerige", which will be released this year. In January 2024, their collaboration was crowned with an expedition to Ghana, where they performed a short but extremely high-profile concert tour. Band: Wiyaala – vocals Miha Petric – guitar Nejc Škofic – keyboards Jošt Lampret – bass guitar Žiga Kožar – drums Join us and experience an unforgettable musical delicacy. "Ghana says hello" and see you!