IT was a vibrant and colourful musical excursion for both players and audience when the Wazumbians band served another edition of its Jankalanga Festival on March 22 at the +233 Jazz Bar & Grill in Accra.
The Wazumbians band has its own style and it bustled with energy and commendable musicianship as it dug into the sounds and textures of contemporary African music during its two sets of appearances at the programme.
The band’s leader, Francis Chapman Abban-Hagan, known widely as Wazumbi, harbours an idea of cooperation, which entails giving opportunities to fellow musicians to show what they have.
So Jankalanga 2025 also featured the Abajo Traditional Music & Dance Ensemble with a fascinating acrobat; Abbey & The Rubber Band; the Armed Forces Music School Band; Grassroots Band; BessaSimons & the Bessa Band, King Ayisoba and kora player, guitarist and singer, Fanta Cissokho from Senegal, which lent an international flavour to the event.
