Fredy Massamba

The positive and verified news of Fredy Massamba: concerts, outputs, distinctions and projects — the writing of Festival TV only retains confirmed information, in a spirit of celebration.

2023-06-27 — Trancestral, the album of the return to Kongo roots. Fredy Massamba publishes Trancestral, an album that revisits the ancestral repertoire of the Kongo kingdom by marrying it to soul, hip-hop and rumba. TV5MONDE and RFI greet a record recorded between Yaoundé, Brussels, Paris and Montreal, with guests like Lokua Kanza and Djeli Tapa.

2024-07-20 — First concert at Les Nuits d'Afrique in Montreal. On July 20, 2024, Fredy Massamba gave his first concert in Montreal as part of the 38th edition of the International Festival Nuits d'Afrique. PAN M 360 reported on a generous performance, surrounded by Hendry Massamba and Floric Kim with choruses and percussion.

2024-11-09 — Concert event at the Institut français du Congo. On 9 November 2024, Fredy Massamba gave an explosive concert at the Institut français du Congo in Brazzaville, in front of a large audience. The African Week greets a cultural smuggler who makes dialogue with pygmies, ngoma drum, rumba, funk and soul around his album Trancestral.

2026-05-30 — Artistic director of the Afropolitan Nomade Festival. Fredy Massamba is the artistic director of the Festival Afropolitain Nomade 2026 in Montreal, with a residence at the McCord Stewart Museum in February 2026. The festival is held on May 30, 2026 at the Ministère, in Montreal, and his younger brother Hendry Massamba is also on the poster.