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World On Your Street: The Global Music Challenge
Josephine Oniyama
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Musician: Josephine Oniyama

Location: Manchester

Instruments: voice, guitar

Music: English folk

HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSICÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýWHERE I PLAYÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA FAVOURITE SONG Click here for Hande Domac's storyClick here for Mosi Conde's storyClick here for Rachel McLeod's story


ListenÌýÌýListen (2'24) to 'Find your own way', performed live by Josephine Oniyama from her album, A Smaller Version of the Real Thing, (Storm Music, 2002)

ListenÌýÌýListen (2'12) to Josephine Oniyama talk about her music


Where I Play:

Singing and playing my guitar is a real diversion from my studies and an incentive to actually get the homework out of the way so I play a lot in my bedroom. Once my A-Levels are done, I intend to spend a year at music full-time before I start university. I'm taking A-Levels in Psychology, Theatre Studies and Art.

So far, I've played in lots of well-known Manchunian venues like Night and Day, Band on the Wall and at the city's Water's Edge Festival. I also play on the Summer festival circuit and in 2000, I opened the Liverpool Proms when I guested with Lady Smith Black Mambazo. The same year, I was honoured to be Britain's representative on a project called On the Line which celebrated the New Millennium both in Ghana and London. Playing live is a real thrill and every time I do it, my confidence grows and grows, particularly when the audiences respond positively.

Josephine Oniyama

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