Dele sosimi x koldenkitchen -Afrofusion night 13th Sept 2019

Kolden Kitchen pop up comes to Ninety One Living Room in a couple of weeks! Bookings are now open for dinner. Celebrating African culture from the music to the soul, with Dele Sosimi playing LIVE and a French-Afro fusion menu brought to you by the excellent Elody Tchuente.

Expect flavourful, colourful and authentic soul food for the evening. Book your table now: bit.ly/91bookings

About the artist

Dele Sosimi’s career began when he joined Fela’s Anikulapo-Kuti’s Egypt 80, where he played phenomenal keyboards for 7 years (1979-1986), the band rising to fame and the founding fathers of the style of music known as Afrobeat.

The music is a blend of complex but highly danceable funk grooves, Nigerian traditional music (including hi-life), African percussion, underpinning the jazz horns and solos from other instruments, as well as rhythmical singing.

Dele was the rhythm keyboard player and toured extensively with around the world with Fela, introducing Afrobeats to the millions…

During Fela’s incarceration in 1984, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti – Fela’s son and Dele’s childhood/school friend took over the reins temporarily and led the band Egypt 80.

During this period, Dele developed his arranging skills as the musical director of the band. He re-orchestrated and re-arranged for the Egypt 80 and also handled the recruiting and training of new musicians in Egypt 80.

Dele played keyboards on the following Fela/Egypt 80 hits, including Parambulator, Power Show, Original Sufferhead, Customs Check Point, MOP 1 (Movement of the People), Give Me Shit I Give You Shit, Authority Stealing, Army Arrangement, Government Chicken Boy, ITT (International Thief Thief), and Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense.

Dele Sosimi stands out as one of the most active musicians currently on the Afrobeat scene worldwide, and it’s an honour to have him with us at Ninety One this summer for the residency.

Kolden Kitchen Pop-up

Kolden Kitchen will be joining Dele Sosimi on the 13th September, bringing a French and African Fusion menu to the Ninety One Living Room…

Elody Tchuente is French with Portuguese and African Heritage. Always a food enthusiast, Elody grew up between Paris, Sydney and London in a quest to learn about the good things as a traveller and as a chef! Having worked for Chef Eric Frenchon, Chef Claudio Morales, Soho House and lastly ran the French restaurant at The Ned. Wanting to create something flavourful, colourful and healthy, Kolden Kitchen opened this year as a catering company offering French and African fusion cuisine. Recently back from a culinary trip to Southern Africa, Elody Tchuente will be bringing you authentic soul food for an exclusive evening!