Sound Journey with Nkosenathi Ernie Koela

We are inviting you for a very special evening with music and vibrations from beyond.

This sound bath will enable a stage of meditation, and vibration with South African indigenous dreamscapes to channel the energy of the elders and guides for calm and re-alignment.

Nkosenathi Ernie Koela (@Mntana_WeXhwele) is a Ph.D candidate specializing in indigenous
music therapies at the University of Cape Town. Koela’s Trans-disciplinary practice
encompasses being an Afrikan indigenous Sound medium, Artist, Specialist and Teacher. Koela
as an Instrument maker and multi-instrumentalist, explores how healing practices through sound,
creates space that manifests spiritually and materially. Koela has been a performer and
instrumentalist for over 18 years and plays multitude of indigenous instruments from around the
world. He also teaches others how to make and play traditional instruments with strong emphasis
on the instruments h’story, spiritual significance and importance.
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Koela is a co-founder of Kwasukesukela Arts Collective, has worked with the ICA,  Bridges for
Music Academy, lectured at SACM University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University &  Music
School of UFRN Brazil, teaches music at Beautiful Gate in Phillipi, worked with Msaki, lelive
(Amanda Du Pont), Brett Bailey,Iman Person, Platoon fm, Imiso ceramics Sethembile
Msezane, Andile Dyalvane and Southern Guild Gallery. Koela has  toured  around  Africa and
the world as a teacher and performer. Most importantly he has worked to retain the ancient song-
line of Africa. By being a cultural custodian of African indigenous knowledge systems and
sound technology.