The Sound of Us: Building Community through Music

Panellists
Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.) was established in the summer of 2018 with the intention of bringing together a community of queer, trans and non-binary Black people and people of colour involved in art, sound and radical activism. The Black-led system, based in London, is available to use or rent by community groups and others with the purpose of amplifying and connecting them. Adedamola Bajomo joins them in this event.

Linett Kamala is an interdisciplinary creative on a mission to amplify wellness through her work as a DJ, artist, academic, community organiser, creative producer and founding director of LIN KAM ART and the Linett Kamala Foundation. She is known as the Notting Hill Carnival ‘Sound System Queen’, being credited as one of the first female DJs to perform on a sound system in the mid-1980s at the event, and is now one of the organisers, serving as board director.

Known as The Freedom Teacher, KMT is an influential hip-hop artist, DJ, environmental advocate and educator who has spent over two decades using music as a platform for social change. He co-founded May Project Gardens (MPG), an award-winning grassroots initiative in south London and Bristol that makes sustainable living accessible by blending nature, food and the arts.

MoYah is an Afro-fusion rapper, artistic activist, educator, award-winning interfaith creative producer and public speaker whose passion is empowering underrepresented communities at the intersection of music, education and environmentalism. Born amidst the turmoil of a 15-year war in Mozambique, MoYah fled his homeland as a political refugee, eventually finding solace in the diverse musical influences of his parents and the impactful world of hip-hop while living in Lisbon.

In partnership with Counterpoint Arts as part of Refugee Week 2025.