Kidum live in Portland Maine

Kidum live in Portland Maine

East African's best artist Kidum will be performing live at Aura

Jean-Pierre "Kidum" Nimbona is a Burundian musical artist. He was named Best Male Artist of East Africa at the 2012 Kora Awards He was named as an Ambassador for Peace a position that helps to foster hope and reconciliation in East Africa.

Once in Kenya it took Kidum 4 years to start writing his own songs. In 1999 Kidum recorded "Yaramenje" his first song. As quoted in an interview[5] with Jim Lenskold and published in the American Media Wire Service: "I decided to go to a small studio in a container actually...". The song went on to capture the attention of then president Daniel arap Moi who recognised its potential to unite Burundi. Although his earlier songs were recorded in the Kirundi language - he progressed to singing in Kiswahili where his spiritual and philosophical compositions became accessible to a wider audience. He then added French English and Spanish to his repertoire. His secular but spiritual songs range from rocking zouk to acoustic classics.

Kidum has been well received by Canadians who have been inviting him to perform year after year. In August 2014 he was invited to play the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in the City of Edmonton province of Alberta in Canada.

Awards

2011 Pearl of Africa Music Awards

2012 Kora Award. Best Male Artist of East Africa

2015 ISC’S World Music Award

2017 Buja Music Awards

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