Lenna Bahule

Lenna is a singer, songwriter, body percussionist, art educator and cultural activist born in Maputo, Mozambique.

Lenna blends the traditional and indigenous with the contemporary through the use of organic, sustainable and/or recyclable materials for sound production.

She is immersed in a constant process of research and cultural exchange, which leads to collaborations that include a contemporary mix of sounds with the aim of goal of exploring and displaying folklore from different cultures. REVOADA, KWIMBA Residency and TAUBKIN & BAHULE are some of his flagship projects, in that order. In Brazil, where she lived for seven years, she performed with a multitude of bands and artists of bands and artists while conducting research on vocal music and the different forms of vocal music and the different ways of using the voice and the body as a musical instrument and artistic expression that made her the unique artist she is today. Lenna is also the voice behind the soundtrack of the first Mozambican telenovela to be shown at prime time. Her first album NÔMADE was released in 2016 and listed among the 100 best albums produced in Brazil. Lenna won the 2nd Mozal Arts and Culture Award (PMAC) in the music category in 2019. As an art educator, Lenna guides and conducts activities and courses related to group singing, body music and repertoire of popular music from Mozambique.