OneBeat Sahara

Silence and Noise in the Sahara

February 21 - March 13, 2022

OneBeat Sahara brought together 23 genre-bending musicians from seven countries in the Saharan Region and the United States to collaboratively create original work and to explore black diasporic musical traditions that traveled from Africa to the Americas, and back to Africa again.

Black Assets

Singer-Songwriter, VocalistUnited States

Aziz Azzi

Composer, Multi-InstrumentalistMorocco

Bouba

Composer, Guitarist, SongwriterAlgeria

Ignabu

Drummer, ProducerUnited States

DJ Dhaker

Composer, ProducerMauritania

Elenna Canlas

Producer, Synthesist, VocalistUnited States

Fama M’baye

Composer, SingerMauritania

Garba Oumar Tourè

Hadja Fanta Diabaté

Composer, Singer-SongwriterMali

Hassen Ben Ahmed Mchaikhi

ViolinistTunisia

Hind Ennaira

Guembri PlayerMorocco

Hind Meriem Boukella

Guitarist, Singer-SongwriterAlgeria

Ibrahim OmarMokhtar

Educator, Producer, Sound ArtistLibya

Jenna Camille

Producer, Songwriter, VocalistUnited States

Karim Bouras

Composer, SingerAlgeria

Kildjate Moussa

Multi-Instrumentalist, SingerNiger

Labib Benslama

Composer, Multi-InstrumentalistAlgeria

Matt Evans

Composer, PercussionistUnited States

Raja Kateb

Composer, Singer-SongwriterAlgeria

Soumia Ghechami

GuitaristAlgeria

Nazim Bakour

Composer, Multi-InstrumentalistAlgeria

Sarra Douik

Oud Player, SingerTunisia

Nappy Nina

Producer, RapperUnited States