We are honored to have Neo Muyanga as our first invitee creating at CARA! Neo Muyanga is a composer and artist whose work uncovers the many interwoven sounds comprising the history of protest song within the pan-African and diasporic contexts. Muyanga’s practice seeks to foster and preserve love and appreciation, and to develop memories of knowledges and histories that have been variously erased, obscured, or violently debarred by dominant global powers throughout history. Blending new opera, jazz improvisation, Zulu, and Sesotho idiomatic songs, Muyanga’s sonic interventions are nourished by their attention to communal story-telling, reciprocity, and interdependence. A co-founder of the duo Blk Sonshine alongside Masauko Chipembere, he also created the Pan African Space Station (2008) with Ntone Edjabe – a platform for experimental Pan African music on the internet. He has released eight albums, including “Second-hand Reading with William Kentridge” (2016), “MAKEbdA” (2019) which was a featured sound installation during the Sharjah Biennial, UAE (2019), “A Grace Project” (2021) is commissioned by Liverpool Biennial 2021, and released in collaboration with SAVVY records. Stay tuned for more on Neo’s exhibition opening on October 1. Save the date!