Biography
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Zifa , a.k.a Mikael Eriksson, grew up in Semendua, a small village in Congo ( formerly known as Zaire ) in central Africa. Zifas parents followed their call to be missionaries in Congo and moved to the plateau between the Kasai and Lukenie rivers in 1970.Growing up close to the drumming and the choir singing in the village, Zifa soon developed a natural taste for the ethnic musicstyles and rythms. |
| He had his first experience of performing live at the local church and sang, to everyones delight, in Kisakata, the tribal language of the Basakata tribe.At the age of 17, Zifa moved with his family back to Sweden, the country of his ancestors, to persue a collage education. |  |
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The images and sounds of Congo never left him and after hearing Youssou N'dours
"Immigrès" on the radio for the first time Zifa
decided to find a way to express his love for Africa through music.Zifa formed his band in
Stockholm in 1997. With three album releases, "The last dog" in 97, "Right as rain" in 99 on Rodeo/Universal and "Africa Café" in 04 on The Music Company, Zifa has captured the attention of the |
| Swedish audience for modern African pop music.Zifa
has performed on radio
and television broadcasts in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Guineé-Conakry and Senegal. The
band has firmly nailed down a reputation as a great live-act with performances on the
largest stages in Sweden, such as Globen and Stockholms stadion, as well as steaming hot
concerts at small, local venues all over the country. Between december 2005 and may 2006 Zifa, together with singer/composer Ladi Mbengani, composed, recorded and performed new choir music with a choir of 20 handpicked vocalists. The project under the name of " Coeur dÁfrique " was done in collaboration with the Swedish fundraising organization Diakonia and managed, together with SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) to raise no less than 9 million swedish crowns for the poor in the Democratic Republic of Congo! |
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