Mankwe ndosi biography

One of the most multi-dimensional, multi-talented artists in the Twin Cities is someone whose name probably doesn't ring a bell, but after operating for years in the trenches of the Minnesota art scene, Mankwe Ndosi is beginning to be discovered.

Mankwe Ndosi has been working in the Twin Cities and Chicago for more than 20 years as a musicmaker, performer, educator and culture weaver.

Mankwe Ndosi has been working in the Twin Cities and Chicago for more than 20 years as a musicmaker, performer, educator and culture weaver.

Mankwe Ndosi has been working in the Twin Cities and Chicago for more than 20 years as a musicmaker, performer, educator and culture weaver focused on sound.

Mankwe Ndosi is celebrated for a sound and practice that spans genres and disciplines: celebrating influences from Jazz and African legacies, Hip Hop and Soul.

I am of Tanzanian and African American ancestry, born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mankwe Ndosi was born and raised in the Twin Cities by Tanzanian and Black St. Louisian parents.

There is very little Mankwe Ndosi can't do as an artist. She dances. She makes theater. She performs spoken word. To say that she sings is an understatement. Check out "Interlude," a track on her debut 2009 release "Do-Gooder Blues." Nearly every sound you hear originates from her voice or instruments she's made.

Some performers are micro-artists; they burrow into thoughts or emotions.

Mankwe Ndosi is a Culture Worker and Musician.

Ndosi is a macro-artist, bent on connecting individual struggles, revelations or beauty to universal truths. The worldview that informs her work comes in part from being the daughter of a Tanzanian immigrant. When her father was a grad student at the University of Minnesota, he led an international student group on campus