Sankofa Band
Bio
Sankofa Band is a jazz band from Durban, South Africa comprising pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, drummer Ayanda Sikade, trumpeter Sakhile Simani, saxophonist Mthunzi Mvubu, bassist Dalisu Ndlazi and vocalist Zoe The Seed.
The band was brought together by US jazz professor Salim Washington who has played as a jazz musician throughout in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The band draws inspiration from the Sankofa bird, a Ghanaian symbol of the return of diasporic Africans to the motherland.
Posts
Music
Salim Washington
Uh Oh!
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Morning Is A Time For Miracles
07:12
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Symmetry
08:30
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Elder Washington
12:36
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Recognition
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Videos
Sankofa Performs The Light Within Live and Unplugged On Kaya FM
Sankofa Performs Oshun Live and Unplugged On Kaya FM
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Salim Washington - "Greenland" - Live
Salim Washington - "To Know Yawheh" - Live
Salim Washington - "Memphis Ski Dog" - Live
Eco-Music Big Band performs "The Damned Don't Cry" 2/23/14
Salim Washington performs tenor solo of The Black Liberation Movement Suite: "The Peaceful Warrior"
Salim Washington and The Black Liberation Movement Suite, Pt. 7: "Reminiscing about Dear John"
Eco-Music Big Band presents: "(Hey God-Damn-It!) Things Have Got to Change"
A View from the Stage at Baruch College with Fred Ho's Big Band!
Red Black and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour- excerpt from 2/18/14
Salim Washington- Live in Brazil with Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumplilezz
Salim Washington Speaks at the Red, Black, and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour at Baruch College
Salim Washington on feeling the music Cal Massey
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Durban, South Africa
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