Jaminaround 2024 part 2

The core mission of Jaminaround is to draw audience and performer together in a memorable, intimate, spellbound moment, harnessing the resonant energy of the circular space to honour and witness the magic of exceptional performing artistry.

Here is your line-up for the 14th September;

Sahra Halgan is an iconic artist from Somaliland, formerly a British protectorate in the Horn of Africa, and an independent country since 1991, although unrecognised by the international community. In the 1980s, during the war with neighbouring Somalia, she earned her nickname 'Halgan'; the fighter, and her songs won the hearts of people forever. An improvised nurse at the front, defying tribal and family conventions, she sang to heal the wounded and encourage the fighters. Traditional poetry from centuries past, songs of celebration and dance, love songs, political demands - Sahra's voice deploys all its warmth, its ornaments, its irony or its seriousness, its mystery and…