The fashionable duo speak to us about breaking borders, Noirwave as a motion and altering reductive viewpoints of Africa.
At 25, Ilunga has already established a powerful music profession as Petite Noir and his newest album, La Vie Est Belle, lately snagged a nomination for Greatest Various Album at this yr’s South African Music Awards.
Noirwave artwork director Nembhard is at present finishing her MA in Museums, Galleries and Modern Artwork, a programme run with the Tate, on the College of Westminster in London.
Whereas Petite Noir first coined the time period as a solution to outline his uncommon sound, it’s rising to be far more of a motion. Discover out extra concerning the duo within the sound clip under.
Learn Ntombenhle Shezi’s article on the The politics of Noirwave fashion in Sunday Occasions Way of life on Sunday 29 Might.