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Writer's pictureNATU CAMARA

We thought we'd start quietly but now it's an avalanche. The media is raving about Natu's new single Cinko Mina.

Congratulations to the entire team who have managed to capture airwaves of the world with the release of the latest single from her highly anticipated new album due out early next year. BBC Radio 6 Ceres Matthews shared a dedication by Natu sent from Conakry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_6music


Press Release:


Powerhouse Guinean Singer Natu Camara Releases

A New Single about Love, Friendship and Respecting

Musical Traditions ‘CINKO MINA’


Artist: NATU CAMARA

Single: Cinko Mina

A reworking of the song ‘Wouloukoro’ by

Bembeya Jazz with new lyrics and

arrangement by Natu Camara

Track Length: 3:59

Languages: Malinke and English

Genres: West African jazz, Guinea, World

Music, Afro-beats, Jazz

Label: Natuwenta Productions

Release date: 22 Nov, 2024

Supported by the NYC Women’s Fund for

Media, Music, and Theater

Natu Camara is both an inspired and inspiring musician. Doubly blessed with exceptional

musical talent and drive, Natu Camara successfully manages personal success as a much

loved and well-respected musician and mentor in NYC’s global musical family, while

keeping a firm grip on bridging tradition with community needs. As the Director of the

popular annual festival Harlem Meets Africa music festival, Natu is bringing communities

together through music. She also directs the Dimedi Foundation team that assists orphaned

children in her homeland of Guinea in West Africa.

Natu Camara is poised to her new global music single ‘Cinko Mina’, co-created with her

close associate, Guinean star musician Sekou Bembeya Diamond Fingers from Bembeya

Jazz – one of the most significant Afro-beats Guinean bands. Sung in Malinke and English,

Natu creates a beautiful blend of Guinean global grooves, traditional jazz on ‘Cinko Mani’.

Performed in English and Malinke, Natu’s craft and the inspiration of the track clearly comes

through from the opening bars of this fairytale poem about the nostalgia of lost love.

As Natu says in her own words of ‘Cinko Mina”,

“I really wanted to sing this song to celebrate our legends, to celebrate Bembeya Jazz, the

legendary Guinean band of musicians who were well recognised but now have grown older

and many of them have passed already. This is for me a way to celebrate them, to say thank

you for your art and thank you for keeping the Guinea legacy by just singing this song. I am

very thankful for my deep friendship and respect for Sekou Bembeya…he loves this new

version of this song and honoured me by saying it is the best rendition yet. This collaboration

with Sekou has been a true celebration of artistry, past and present.”

Raised as a West African in Guinea, Natu Camara has carved her name in NYC. As the

founder of the popular annual festival Harlem Meets Africa, Natu works tirelessly to create

events that promote African heritage and culture with contemporary relevance. Regular high

profile media appearances such as Tiny Desk NPR, Afropop Worldwide, abc7ny, abcnews

and abc NYC, Natu’s music and messages are being heard widescale.

This new collaboration ‘Cinko Mina’ between Guinean powerhouse singer Natu Camara and

Bembeya Jazz Guitarist Sekou Bembeya Diamond Fingers, is a special track of friendship

and love while showing a healthy respect for honouring musical traditions.

‘Cinko Mani’ has been supported by the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theater

releases ahead of Natu’s 2025 album, ‘Lumiere’.

‘Cinko Mani’ releases internationally on 22 Nov 2024.

‘Cinko Mina’ Production Credits

Lyrics by Bembeya Jazz and Natu Camara

Producers: Koudou Attanass / Natu Camara

Recorded: in Guinea and New York

Sound Engineer for single:

Koudou Attanass / Bassy Bob

Mixing & Mastering: Bassy Bob (Los Depressos)

Engineered + mixed by Bassy Bob

Recorded between Guinea and New York

Supported by the NYC Women’s Fund for Media,

Music, and Theater

Musicians on Cinko Mina

Natu Camara – Vocals

Sekou Bembeya Diamond Fingers from

Bembeya Jazz - Guitar and Hawaiian guitar

(Guinea)

Maestro Maitre Barry of Guinea-Saxophonist

Kayode Kuti- Bass

Graham Hawthorne- Drum and percussions

Moh! Kouyate - Electric Guitar

Jonathan Crayford - Pianist

Oran Etkin: Clarinets

Creative Direction:Jamie Ambler

Single artwork: by James Marsh

Management: Natuwenta Productions

Booking Agency: Midnight Mango

UK + Europe: Conrad Bird

Portugal: Luís Bandeira Pinut Agency

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