Busi Ncube comes from a musical family in Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, and started as a singer in the church choir where she learned African gospel, which has been an important source of inspiration along with traditional music from Zimbabwe, South African popular music, jazz, rock and funk. Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuka, Dolly Rathebe, Ella Fitzgerald and Bono are some [...]
Dance and conversation Diesel (Daniel Elahi) is an openly queer man with roots from Iran, born and raised in Sweden. Diesel represents the Ballroom scene competing in categories: Sex Siren and Old Fashioned. He has been dancing since 2006, Diesel is classically trained as well as dancing Hiphop and House. Diesel delved into street styles by studying [...]
Since 2017 has Melahuset marked International Women's Day by focusing on women's rights, inclusion, oppression and intersectionality in a nuanced perspective. This year you can experience appeals/speeches from the Minister of Culture and Equality Anette Trettebergstuen and the head of the MiRA centre, Fakhra Salimi. MC Cey, Stella Mwangi and Johanna Alem talk with Mona B. Riise about women [...]
