In a studio in Kigali, Rwanda, Michael Makembe sits down at his laptop and starts playing some traditional vocals he recorded in the street. The music producer adds a layer of Afrobeat and drums, and mixes in some percussion, his own harmonies, and chords he plays on the keyboard. Then he listens back to what he’s done so far.
“That’s the groove,” he says to the documentary maker from Rwandan media organisation IGIHE, as he sings along. “That’s Africa, man.”
