BEST OF AFRICA - XENIA MANASSE

● XENIA IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY SKILLED SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM NAIROBI, KENYA,
WHOSE MUSIC, DEEPLY ROOTED IN NEO-SOUL, R&B, JAZZ, AFROBEATS AND AFROPOP. A
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC ALUMNI. XENIA LAUNCHED HER CAREER IN 2018, QUICKLY
GAINING ACCLAIM WITH EPS LIKE FALLIN' APART AND MAYBE, AND THE CRITICALLY
CELEBRATED TWO-PART ALBUM SERIES LOVE/HATE PT. 1 AND LOVE/HATE PT. 2, WHICH
OFTEN WEAVE IN SWAHILI INFLUENCES.
● BEYOND HER SOLO WORK, SHE IS A SOUGHT-AFTER COLLABORATOR, HAVING LENT HER
VOCALS TO BURNA BOY AND SAUTI SOL, AND CONTRIBUTED AS A SONGWRITER AND
BACKGROUND VOCALIST FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS TEYANA TAYLOR AND BRANDY,
DEMONSTRATING HER VERSATILITY ACROSS GENRES AND EARNING HER RECOGNITION
AS A SPOTIFY RADAR AFRICA ARTIST AND APPEARANCES ON PLATFORMS LIKE COLORS X
STUDIOS AND NPR'S TINY DESK.