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Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi
Kakoma is the daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. A
true renaissance woman, she is known in the jazz world simply
as ‘Somi’. Her fifth studio album, Zenzile: The Reimagination
of Miriam Makeba, is a companion project to the critically
acclaimed original musical “Dreaming Zenzile” that Somi also
wrote and starred in Off-Broadway as a tribute to the great
South African singer and activist. Prior to Zenzile and at the
height of the 2020 global lockdown, Somi released an unplanned
live album called Holy Room featuring the Frankfurt Radio Big
Band that ultimately earned her a 2021 Grammy® nomination for
Best Jazz Vocal Album and made her the first African woman ever
nominated in any of the Grammy® jazz categories.
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