Dumama

Gugulethu Duma (aka Dumama) is a musician, composer, sonic poet, and creative producer from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Her practice plays with the deconstruction and critique of archaic modes of representation in Southern African/African sonic and performance culture, while also composing sonic experiences for herself and others. She has curated a number of engagements around South Africa, Senegal, Berlin, and the US. Duma co-hosted the podcast project State(s) Capture(d) Mixtape(s) alongside Jessica Korp with Refuge Worldwide, exploring the sonic universes of Ethiopia and South Africa through the lens of women and children songs. Her work has been presented at cultural institutions and festivals such as SAVVY Contemporary, Gropius Bau, and Humboldt Forum. Dumama lives and works between Cape Town and Berlin.