MELODJI

Like Rokia Traoré, Amadou & Mariam and Marema, Melodji took part in the Prix Découvertes RFI, for which she was a finalist in 2015. For over 20 years, this diva, who had long been a mainstay at N’Djamena’s Le Carnivore, one of Chad’s top music hotspots, has been lending her powerful voice, with its perfectly controlled tremolo, to traditional Chadian rhythms, which she flavours with blues, soul, R&B and jazz. This self-taught artist, who, in 2012, was designated Chevalière de l’Ordre du Mérite in her country, released her third album, M’Nôh in 2023.