Singer artist, singer-songwriter, Rokhaya Sall alias Savana Soul writes a beautiful score in Senegalese and world music. Elegance, style, character. The artist singer Rokhaya Sall in civil status, Savana Soul in the world of showbiz, succeeds in this alchemy. This combination is not fortuitous for this voice of the savannah, of mother Lebou and of […]
Singer artist, singer-songwriter, Rokhaya Sall alias Savana Soul writes a beautiful score in Senegalese and world music.
Elegance, style, character. The artist singer Rokhaya Sall in civil status, Savana Soul in the world of showbiz, succeeds in this alchemy. This combination is not fortuitous for this voice of the savannah, of mother Lebou and father Toucouleur. Singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, Savana excels in world music. A style that suits her like a glove.
Passionate about African and classical dance, singing from an early age, she says, Savana Soul took her first steps in singing with her mother as her idol. She encouraged him, guided him. In 2005, boosted by her rapper brother “Zef Zouf” and his acolytes from the rap group Free Mind, she surprised more than one with her first reggaeton single “Daggay meuneu tokk”.
Thus, Savana Soul joined the group of his brother Free Mind. The band’s first hit was a single titled “Sama Conner”. This is followed by promotion through tours, performances and school shows in the Dakar region and within the country.
It was in 2006 that Savana began to evolve solo with the single “Yaye”, to pay tribute to all the women and mothers of the world in 2009. She strummed her guitar to embark on world music when she left, the same year , the hit of the summer named “Savana Soul”. The title is selected by Radio Nostalgie de Dakar. This work earned him his companionship with Carlou-D during his school tours. Other nationally and internationally renowned musicians have accompanied her in her various musical endeavors. Savana has the ambition to make a career on the international music scene.
With national roots, her professionalism earned her the appointment of the great maestro Ali Jaber. This integration into her group “Tabou de Dakar” allowed the singer to perform on the biggest stages of Dakar and the Petite Côte, in particular in Saly.
Savana Soul has in the meantime released many singles including “Freedom Africa”, which encourages peace, freedom, integration and unity in Africa, a very beautiful title sung in the Dioula language, “Sama Aladji” which means my husband or simply spouse, “Dem Zion” which is a featuring with Ombré Zion, then another with Dj Jaax “Apocalypse”, “Weundele”. The singer’s latest nugget is titled “Illusion”, a single that highlights the relationship between man and woman. The soul of the savannah is in the studio at the same time for his album. With her group Savana Band, made up of Senegalese and Congolese, she cooks up a new cake.
In her artistic practice, she explains, Savana Soul finds inspiration in feeling. Hence this ease between jazz, blues, soul, among others. A range on which she composes her works.
E. Massiga FAYE
