Coco Em on music and mobility for African artists – Pan African Music

We sat down with Coco Em, between two courses she gives at Santuri East Africa Music Academy as a music production teacher. Initially here to talk about the hazardous British visa process, the conversation devolved into something else. After her harrowing experience with an airline which resulted in her missing the Terra Negra Festival in Cape Verde, the Kenyan DJ wanted to talk about music’s flow, not rhythmic but geographic. Interview.

You recently spoke out on Twitter to denounce a situation that affects many African musicians…