Where the Brahmaputra Meets the Mississippi

Mankwe Ndosi

Mankwe offers an  performance of interpreted, original and improvisational music & poetry.   She draws her inspiration from social and political struggles for liberation,old myth, music, ritual and healing from around the world. She is most concerned with bridging the gap between African & African American peoples with music and story.

Bio

Mankwe Monika Nkatuati Ndosi is a Minneapolis-based vocalist, producer and multidisciplinary performer. She's been working for over a decade in the mediums of theater, dance, music, spoken word and improvisation. She is a part of Douglas R. Ewart & Orchestra Inventions - an improvisational group rooted in creative black music and based in Chicago, IL. She is a board member of Speak-Out Sisters and works with in the belly on creative workshops for youth and incarcerated populations.