Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Sabina Ddumba was born to Ugandan parents. She’s the youngest of 8 children. At the age of 14, she joined Stockholm’s prestigious Tensta Gospel Choir, an outfit with many notable alumni such as Lykke Li and Seinabo Sey.
Sabina has just released ‘Blow My Mind’, which she co-wrote with MNEK. “I am African — the musical influences from the continent, and more closely Uganda, is in my blood,” Ddumba explains. “I’m not saying that I’m all about doing African-influenced music, but I love that ‘Blow My Mind’ turned out to be a perfect merge of soul, R&B and African rhythms.”
Speaking a little more on the new single, she said: “When [MNEK and I] were close to finishing the song, I was really feeling it and I asked TMS, the producers, to modify the bassline just to bring in some of that Ugandan vibe. And Mr. Eazi is the right artist for this. Even though he’s not from Uganda, I can hear that we have the same musical influences and talk the same musical language.”
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