The Jam Jar Presents: Lamisi
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🇬🇭 North Ghanaian women’s clapping traditions reinvented with contemporary flair, from one of Real World Records' latest signings 🔥
🔥 This energetic new project combines the women’s clapping music traditions of Northern Ghana with the contemporary flair, signature propulsive percussion and earworm-generating capacity of producer Wanlov The Kubolor. It’s a bold reinvention of one of Ghana’s most popular artists and women’s rights activists.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗜 (𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮) (𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀)
+ 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
𝟴𝗽𝗺 - 𝟭𝟭𝗽𝗺
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹
𝟭𝟴+
❤️🔥 Lamisi is one of Ghana’s most distinctive contemporary artists - a singer, songwriter and activist whose work bridges traditional northern Ghanaian music with forward-looking production and social purpose. Known for her powerful, soulful voice, she draws deeply on the clapping and rhythmic traditions of her home region, reimagining them within modern sonic landscapes.
🫶🏾 Based in Accra, Lamisi is also the founder of the Lamisi Fata Foundation, an organisation dedicated to empowering girls in northern Ghana, where deeply rooted patriarchal structures continue to shape everyday life. Her music and activism are closely intertwined, with her songs often addressing themes of gender equality, identity and cultural continuity. ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Her recent work marks a bold evolution in her sound. In collaboration with Wanlov The Kubolor, an innovative Ghanaian/Romanian producer, artist and cultural provocateur, Lamisi explores the intersection of ancient musical forms and contemporary production. Together, they fuse traditional clapping patterns and acoustic instrumentation with electronic textures and vocoded vocals, creating a sound that feels both rooted and experimental.
This approach reflects Lamisi’s wider artistic vision: honouring the past while speaking directly to the present. Drawing inspiration from the women of Zebilla, who have passed down clapping rhythms through generations, her music transforms communal traditions into globally resonant compositions. 🌍
❤️🔥 Across her work, Lamisi continues to challenge expectations of what “traditional” African music can be — crafting songs that are rhythmically rich, emotionally direct and socially engaged. As both an artist and activist, she stands at the forefront of a new wave of African musicians redefining heritage, identity and creative expression on their own terms.
🔥 This energetic new project combines the women’s clapping music traditions of Northern Ghana with the contemporary flair, signature propulsive percussion and earworm-generating capacity of producer Wanlov The Kubolor. It’s a bold reinvention of one of Ghana’s most popular artists and women’s rights activists.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗜 (𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮) (𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀)
+ 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
𝟴𝗽𝗺 - 𝟭𝟭𝗽𝗺
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹
𝟭𝟴+
❤️🔥 Lamisi is one of Ghana’s most distinctive contemporary artists - a singer, songwriter and activist whose work bridges traditional northern Ghanaian music with forward-looking production and social purpose. Known for her powerful, soulful voice, she draws deeply on the clapping and rhythmic traditions of her home region, reimagining them within modern sonic landscapes.
🫶🏾 Based in Accra, Lamisi is also the founder of the Lamisi Fata Foundation, an organisation dedicated to empowering girls in northern Ghana, where deeply rooted patriarchal structures continue to shape everyday life. Her music and activism are closely intertwined, with her songs often addressing themes of gender equality, identity and cultural continuity. ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Her recent work marks a bold evolution in her sound. In collaboration with Wanlov The Kubolor, an innovative Ghanaian/Romanian producer, artist and cultural provocateur, Lamisi explores the intersection of ancient musical forms and contemporary production. Together, they fuse traditional clapping patterns and acoustic instrumentation with electronic textures and vocoded vocals, creating a sound that feels both rooted and experimental.
This approach reflects Lamisi’s wider artistic vision: honouring the past while speaking directly to the present. Drawing inspiration from the women of Zebilla, who have passed down clapping rhythms through generations, her music transforms communal traditions into globally resonant compositions. 🌍
❤️🔥 Across her work, Lamisi continues to challenge expectations of what “traditional” African music can be — crafting songs that are rhythmically rich, emotionally direct and socially engaged. As both an artist and activist, she stands at the forefront of a new wave of African musicians redefining heritage, identity and creative expression on their own terms.
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The Jam Jar Bristol, 12 Eugene Street, Bristol, BS5 0TN, United Kingdom
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