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interviews Zaki Ibrahim @ Manifesto fundraiser Alexandria Park for more info visit http://www.Zakimusic.com ZAKI BIO Twenty-five years, four continents, and several generations in the making, Zaki Ibrahim's music is captivating and vibrant. It's thick with poetics, and steeped in a delicious m
ixture of earnest emotion and humor. "It (her music) comes from knowing a struggle, but it's never really about struggle." She was shaped by the diversity of her Apartheid-era hometown and household , where the lessons of Islam fed into discussions of Buddhism, Sufi philosophies courted drums, and S
cottish folk songs intertwined with a rich, epic ancestral history. "My mother was an English teacher, a poet and a writer. I write in my Umi's language. Her words have allowed me to translate my experience the way I do. To me, few see the world as exquisitely as she portrays it." This very same, f
ine web of worlds is present in every note, in every tone, in every word, and it is what makes her music both timeless and so undeniably fresh. By the time Zaki began writing and performing songs as a child, she was already well familiar with the life of a traveler, switching up continents as often
as some people switch up hairdos. She was first introduced to hip hop in South Africa, and then continued her journey with music as a teen in Canada's west coast. Zaki began to build on her craft, swiftly garnering attention, industry and media praises, and emerging as a noteworthy talent on both s
ides of the Atlantic. Not satisfied with merely playing role of an entertainer, she was quick to embrace a dual role of singer and cultural connector, building on the ground level, lending her energy and talent to workshops and interactive performances in schools, prisons, and in communities around
the world. She has utilized her music talent to aid in community based initiatives as well as facilitating workshops and activities for youth at risk. Her involvement with District Six Music is based on her philosophy that cultures exchanged lend to greater understanding and tolerance. She has invo
lved herself in many other projects working within the realm of music moving toward social change. This has recently culminated in her co-founding the Universal Magnetic organization, a project which works to manifest her words: "I realise that the amount of ground possible to cover in a lifetime t
oo often depends on money. I pray that the good guys get rich and stay on the ground...where true beauty lives... She has worked with a broad family of Canadian and South African musicians, composers, and producers, including Juno Award-winners Kemo (Rascalz) and DJ Serious (Quartertones), and nota
ble up-and-comers Gigz, Darp Malone, DJ Nana, Nick Holder,. She has shared stages with Gift of Gab, Ladybug Mecca of the Digable Planets, Bahamadia, Tumi and the Volume, K'naan, Pocket Dwellers, Saukrates, King Reign, The Quartertones, Hero, and was honored recently by an invitation to perform at Ca
nada's first ever Beat Society. 2006 is bound to be an explosive year for Zaki. Two singles, "Grow" and "Daylight" (released under the Treehouse label in the UK) are making the rounds internationally, and she is currently putting the finishing touches on a mixtape-style EP. Her first official full-
length release, a highly anticipated live album and a few more collaborations are in the works, and are set to drop by the end of the year. Above and beyond anything else, Zaki's strongest certainty is that she will be holding true to her nomadic lifestyle, with plans to tour excessively, both solo
and with her live band, throughout Canada, France, the UK, South Africa, and beyond. Filling bellies and nourishing souls across borders, cultures, genres, and generations-anywhere the wind blows, Zaki's music will find a home.

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