Div. artists: Women Care

Unni Wilhelmsen, Anneli Drecker, Simone and Lynni Treekrem meet the four African artists Chiwoniso from Zimbabwe, Marie Daulne (fronting Zap Mama) from the Democratic Republic Congo/Belgium, Tigist Bekele from Ethiopia, and Talike from Madagascar in their respective native countries to make good music together and build relations and networks using music as their medium and means of communication. CARE Norway, in cooperation with KKV and producer Sigbjørn Nedland, has taken the initiative to make this intriguing CD called “Women Care”.

The songs were recorded at two sessions this winter in Tanzania at a studio in Dar es Salaam which Sigbjørn Nedland has designed and built in cooperation with local musicians and NORAD. The band consists of four young men from the capital of Tanzania playing guitars, drums and miscellaneous instruments. The lyrics in English and French express what these artists feel about being a woman in today's world, from their different backgrounds but sharing their hopes, dreams and goals.

Track list:

1. African Woman / Femme d’Afrique

2. Talking Hands / Mains communicantes

3. Mali sista! / Mali sista!

4. Woman don’t cry / Femme ne pleure pas 

5. Dis-moi: Oui! Oui! / Tell me:Yes! Yes! 

6. A mother to them all - African woman 2 / Leur mère à toutes - femme d’Afrique 2 

7. For the blues / Pour le bues

8. Dusky one / Le tenebreux

9. Lullaby / Berceuse 

10. Song for a modern woman / Chanson pour une femme moderne 

12. Fast car / Voiture Rapide 

13. Ye Africa konjo / African beauty / Beautè africaine

14. Aia Rehe / Where are you

15. An endless chain of mothers / Une chaine interminable de mères