Maryama, Grupo Lokito

Maryama Cham is a musician from Gambia. Maryama's powerful voice, singing in her native Wolof and Mandinka tongue, meets the soaring tenor of Iddo Donnatella in Lingala, creating a captivating musical journey from the smiling coast of West Africa through the rhythms of Congo and into the irresistible spirit of Cuba.

Grupo Lokito fuses contemporary Congolese and Latin music creating a modern day cocktail of two of the great world musics.

Formed in 2006 by British Latin pianist Sara McGuinness and Congolese singer Jose Hendrix Ndelo, Grupo Lokito’s musicians area mix of Congolese, Latin and British artists who have chosen to make London their home.

Lokito’s energetic front-line of singers are true performers, and when the groove steps up a notch in the blistering salsa and seben sections, their outlandish dancing has to be seen to be believed.