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Cissoko Noumoucounda musician and singer Aida Samb are the winners of Dakar Vis-a-Vis House Africa, held this year in Senegal.

This allows both to participate in a dozen Spanish music festivals participants, including the Sea of Music.

This project is aimed at promoting knowledge of African music in Spain.

For three days, a group composed of a dozen representatives of Spanish music festivals, including the organizers of the Sea of Music who could see the concert that closed the Dakar Vis-a-Vis where over a thousand people attended were.

Those attending the Dakar Vis-a-Vis could see live to 12 bands selected from more than 140 groups submitted to the call made ​​in Senegal.

Noumouconda Cissoko surprised everyone with a spectacular programmers domain kora, a traditional West African instruments him.

This instrument of 21 strings, accompanied by African percussion rhythms and sounds represent all parts of the world.

Moreover, Aida Samb singer has a great voice, with three years experience as a showgirl Senegalese music greats like Youssou N¿Dour.

Programmers agreed on the high level of Senegalese groups seen during the Vis-a-Vis, highlighting names like Fuk N Kuk and Matador (hip hop), Takeifa (pop rock) or Carlou D.

The Vis-a-Vis allows groups to enjoy Spanish stages and little-known African artists in Spain.

In this year have participated festivals in the Sea of Music (Cartagena, Murcia), South Pyrenees (Huesca), Etnosur (Alcalá la Real, Jaen), Al Rumbo (Chipiona), Africa Vive C Culture Restless (Madrid ), Imagina Funk (Torres, Jaén), Sierra Norte (Sevilla), Canarias Jazz & Mas Heineken, MUMES (Tenerife) and Fuerteventura in Music.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena