The selection of the Afro Pepites Show #12! New talents deserve your attention! 

We have "agitated" the artists on the Internet, widened our communication networks to harvest a new artistic bunch to manage, to book, to publish, to promote, to program...

This result is the fruit of a collaborative selection:  153 participants - 6 committee members - 12 finalists - 2177 votes - 3 pepites.

  Golden Pepite: JUSTE PARFAIT | SATIRICAL HUMOUR | REP. OF CONGO

Juste Parfait is a Congolese humorist born in Pointe Noire. For him "humour is the most beautiful profession in the world", "Even a baby wants to laugh. Comedy gets the message across easily, it soothes and relieves stress". His humour evokes the daily life of Africans in general and the Congolese in particular. After training in theatre, Juste Parfait started his career as a comedian in 2014 with the Brazza Comedy Show collective before meeting Valérie Ndongo, a Cameroonian comedian, who enabled him to start his career... (+)  

2d Pepite: MARCEL KPOHO | TYRE SCULPTURE | BENIN

Marcel Kpoho is a sculptor and painter from Benin, born in Porto-Novo. Gifted in drawing since his early childhood, Marcel Kpoho gave up teaching mathematics to truly engage in his artistic career in 2017.  Marcel Kpoho shapes used tyres and models them to make masks and sculptures that speak of human beings, in their darkest and most glorious aspects.  He is particularly interested in the environment, the suffering of women, sexism and racism. (+)  

3rd Pepite: FRANCESCO NCHIKALA | KATANGA MUSIC | RDC

Francesco Nchikala is born in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The modern troubadour known as the "griot of Congo Kinshasa", use instruments such as violin, saxophone, accordion and piano,...  they were able to make a mixture of genres such as smooth jazz, blues, rock, folklore and rumba, which he calls Katanga.  The music, the scenography and the dancers are what make his concerts exciting and outrageously fun... (+)  

The next casting of The Afro Pépites SHow will mark the 13th edition! Next registrations from 01/03/2023.

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