Robert Willy

  •   Robert Willy
© Cristina Panicali
Musician
Principal country concerned : Column : Music

Robert is a musician from Tongoa island in Vanuatu.  He is interested in learning and playing traditional kastom beats and songs from throughout Vanuatu and with other cultures and countries. He plays the ukelele and bush bass, which is a traditional ni-Vanuatu instrument used in string bands.  The buss bass is made out of a large tea chest, and has just one string.

Robert has performed with the Singaot Musik Kamp Orchestra in Vanuatu in 2013 and Natano Pasifika tour to Mozambique in 2014.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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