Mariaa Siga
The voice of Casamance, installed in Cannes, Mariaa Siga merges rhythms diolas, reggae, blues and jazz, from the album Asekaw to EP Immigration with ODDY.
Mariaa Siga, a real name Mariama Siga Goudiaby, is a songwriter and performer from Casamance, south of Senegal, now based in Cannes, France. Revealed by a talent competition in 2009, she formed with the Joan of Arc group and played in 2010 in the TV film "Mon Rêve" for Senegalese TV channel RDV.
She is a born-in-the-origin Casamance artist who explores blues, jazz and reggae, blending them with African sounds. She was the winner of the springboard of the Festival des Vieilles Pirogues in 2016, published the singles "Ya Sama None" and "Asekaw" in 2017, and her first album Asekaw ("femme" in diola) in 2019, and won the One Riddim Contest from the French label Baco Records.
Selected by Rolling Stone in her global reggae selection, she performed in France, Morocco and Canada. In 2024, she published EP Immigration with ODDY, including the single "Bukanack", and continued a regular stage activity in Europe.