Mim Suleiman is a singer, songwriter, composer, performer, workshop facilitator and campaigner from

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. She now resides in

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, England.

Biography

Suleiman moved to the UK from Zanzibar in the 1980s, teaching

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at the

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before turning her career to music. As she states, "what was once as a person of no art has become now an artist within fifteen years...it's given me a depth of life I've never had before". Her music encompasses elements from

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, disco,

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, and soul. She mainly sings in her native language

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, but occasionally uses other languages such as English and

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. She is best known for her track Mingi, which features on Soulwax FM in the

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soundtrack.

Discography

Albums

* Tungi (BubbleTease Communications, 2010) * Umbeya (BubbleTease Communications, 2012) * Adera Dera (BubbleTease Communications, 2015) * Kawaida (BubbleTease Communications, 2017) * Si Bure (BubbleTease Communications, 2019)

Singles and EPs

* Mingi (Running Back, 2010) * Nyuli (Running Back, 2010)

References

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