Authors & Headliners

MelAfrique is a band formed in 2016. The name is a condensed form of the term “Melanin from Africa”. They play variety of genres: Jazz, R&B, Neo-soul, and they refer to their sound as Afro-fusion. They hope to inspire people with GOOD music, in every sense of the word. Through music, they express their identities as Africans, as musicians and all the other identities that they each come with. Its members include Leshan Masikonte, Riwo Egor, Adanna Onuekwusi, Enoch Attey, Aristotle Jorge Canga and Steven Atkins.