Game Changers: Phiona Okumu
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Game Changers: Phiona Okumu
Speaker: Phiona Okumu (Head of Music Sub-Saharan Africa, Spotify)
An interactive live conversation with Phiona Okumu, Head of Music (Sub-Saharan Africa) at Spotify, on 10 artists that have been crucial game changers to the music in her region and her industry, over the past decade. How did these artists inspire and influence the on-going enormous impact and success of music from Africa and the African diaspora in the past 10 years? And what are their crucial contributions to the artistic and economic evolution of the global music scene? Phiona Okumu discusses the 10 artists in her personal Pantheon and shares unique insights on urgent and thriving music, culture and industries shaping our modern day sound.
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