Razia Said

RAZIA SAID

Singer and songwriter Razia Said’s nomadic life has taken her across Africa to France, Italy, Ibiza, Bali and New York City, but despite these wanderings, her heart and soul remains inexorably tethered to Madagascar, the land of her birth. Her musical explorations have also been wide ranging, and over the years Razia has experimented with French chanson, rock, jazz and even smooth, Sade-style R&B. But it took reaching back to her cultural roots for Razia to uncover her true artistic calling as one of African music’s most promising talents and in February 2007 Razia returned to Madagascar to reconnect with the land she left as an eleven year-old child. For six weeks, Razia and her band traveled around the island, and discovered along the way the environmental damage taking place as the result of unfettered slash and burn agriculture and climate change. Zebu Nation, released on Cumbanca Discovery in February 2010, was the outcome of this journey and Razia’s longing to protect and preserve the environmental and cultural heritage of her homeland permeates the songs on the album, giving it a powerful, real-world significance.

“Michael Jackson was always about trying to help the planet through music, he is a real inspiration for what I am doing in Madagascar.” ~Razia Said~

SONG: ~Slash and Burn~ http://tinyurl.com/UnitedInSong9

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