« What a trip! It was an honor to be part of “Rencontres des Musique du Monde” in Port Au Prince, Haiti (two years in a row!) with Daniel Bernard Roumain. Thank you Daniel for years of wonderful collaboration journey and friendship, thank you Sozo artists team for supporting in every way, and thank you Gahrifor having us and always be my “home” in Haiti. The festival is truly “meeting of music from the world”. It was a blessing to have James Germain as our guest on stage, form a band with Haitian musicians (Emanuel on drums and Richard on bass), share the stage with Erol Josue and have conversations over dinner with musician from Mali and France. I had an amazing time :) »

Yayoi Lina Ikawa

Photo credit ©Michel De Bock