Hear Africa ! Dance Africa ! Feel Africa ! On the 21st anniversary of its formation Joyful Noise presents the 9th edition of the London African Music Festival with 21 outstanding projects of which 17 are making their festival debut. It is staged in 4 venues across London - Southbank Centre, Bloomsbury Theatre, Jazz Café and Stratford Circus - to keep alive the original ethos of the festival. There are also some 'Festival Extra' events too! You'll see as you scroll down ... JAZZ CAFE ETIENNE MBAPPE (Cameroon/France) Friday 9 September | Jazz Café | 7.30pm | £17.50/£15.00 (cons) Meteoric bassist Etienne Mbappe leads a first class band that grooves TERRAKOTA (Angola/Portugal) Saturday 10 September | Jazz Café | 7.30pm | £17.50/£15.00 (cons) Terrakota, led by Angolan-Portuguese singer Romi Anauel, are a truly global groove band CLAUDE DEPPA’S HORNS UNLIMITED (South Africa/UK) Sunday 11 September | Jazz Café | 7.30pm | £17.50/£15.00 (cons) Awesome music fired by the energy of one of the great improvisers on the scene. THE BLOOMSBURY THEATRE SONA JOBARTEH ( Guinea ) + Bumi Thomas (UK/Nigeria) Monday 12 September | The Bloomsbury Theatre | 7.30pm | £15.00/£12.50 (cons) Kora virtuoso plays from her new album “FASIYA” with a cracking 7-piece band. OLA ONABULE ( UK ) Tuesday 13 September | The Bloomsbury Theatre | 7.30pm | £20.00/£17.50 (cons) One of UK ’s finest soul singers mixes urban soul styles with African rhythms in a remarkable way STRATFORD CIRCUS GRUPO LOKITO (Congo/Cuba) Wednesday 14 September| Stratford Circus | 7.30pm | £12.50/£10.00 (cons) An unique fusion of Congolese Rumba and Latin music resulting in an explosive dance music NAIJA GROOVE 2 BUKKY LEO, AYINKE MARTINS, DIYA OJO, KUNLE OLASOJU and NAIJA RHYTHM ORCHESTRA Thursday 15 September| Stratford Circus | 7.30pm | £12.50/£10.00 (cons) Hypnotic dance grooves from Naija Rhythm Orchestra and their guests THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE DAVID O ( UK ) + LEO MKANYIA ( Tanzania ) Friday 16 September | RFH Foyer | 1.30pm | free Showcasing two new names from two genres of African music - afropop and afroblues NAHINI DOUMBIA AND LES ESPOIRS DU MALI (MALI) Friday 16 September | Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 5.00pm | Free Master drummer Nahini Doumbia of the Master Drummers of Africa leads his percussion group from Mali INESS MEZEL (Algeria/France) Friday 16 September | Purcell Room | 7.30pm | £17.50/£15.00 (cons) Iness Mezel’s new cd “Beyond The Trance” is one of 2011’s best releases in any genre of music. TIKEN JAH FAKOLY (Ivory Coast) Friday 16 September | Queen Elizabeth Hall | 9.00pm | £20.00/£17.50 (cons) Africa’s reggae superstar star drops political lyrics driven by African rhythms and Jamaican grooves. KADIALY KOUYATE AND SOUND ARCHIVE Saturday 17 September | Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 1.00pm | free Kora master and his African funk group THE VOCAL ENSEMBLE OF AFRICA Saturday 17 September | Purcell Room | 3.00pm | £15.00/£12.50 (cons) Six singers from six nations and their skin-tight band create music without boundaries. MARCINA ARNOLD (SOUTH AFRICA/UK) Saturday 17 September | Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 5.30pm | Free Afrosoul singer mixes urban grooves with South African rhythms FUNMI OLAWUMI ( Nigeria ) Saturday 17 September | Purcell Room | 7.30pm | £17.50/£15.00 (cons) Infectious uplifting music from the unique fusion of juju, afrobeat, fuji and hi-life RAY LEMA TRIO and SAKA SAKA ORCHESTRA (Congo/France) Saturday 17 September | Queen Elizabeth Hall | 9.00pm | £22.50/£20.00 (cons) Revered pianist leads his trio and 10-piece in jazz-soukous-rumba workout. RUBY AND THE VINES (Congo/UK) Sunday 18 September | Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 1.00pm Afro-pop from bassist and her group HASSAN ERRAJI ( Morocco ) Sunday 18 September | Purcell Room | 3.00pm | £15.00/£12.50 (cons) Erraji plays from “Awal Mara” ( World Village ) described as the best of his illustrious career. THE RHYTHMS Sunday 18 September | Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall | 5.30pm | Free Afro-funk jazz group lead by bassist Femi Sofela DOBET GNAHORE ( Ivory Coast ) Sunday 18 September | Purcell Room | 7.30pm| £17.50/£15.00 (cons) Grammy winner Dobet Gnahore is a singer known for her dynamic stage show ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE BARBÈS (Algeria/France) Sunday 18 September | Queen Elizabeth Hall | 9.00pm | £22.50/£20.00 (cons) One of the world’s music greatest groups creates music that burns with passion. | 
