The Afrikan musician as healer is not a metaphor — it is a living, breathing reality rooted in centuries of indigenous knowledge. Across the continent, music has always served as medicine. It has called forth ancestors, restored balance, and held communities together. This sacred tradition did not vanish. It survived. Furthermore, it continues to speak through the hands, voices, and instruments of those who carry it forward with purpose and devotion.

How the Moosi People Embody the Afrikan Musician as Healer

In this powerful Abibitumi Exclusive Seminar, presenter Sumah Bila Iddrisu brings this tradition to life. He comes from a distinguished lineage of Master musicians, Djeli, and herdsmen spanning Burkina Faso and Northern Ghana. Most importantly, he is Moosi — a people whose musical heritage runs deep and wide. In addition, Sumah speaks seven Afrikan languages and builds the very indigenous West African instruments he plays. As a result, every note he produces carries the full weight of authentic cultural memory.

Sumah has shared this healing music across the globe — from Venezuela to Togo, from Greece to Nigeria. However, his work is never performance for performance’s sake. Instead, it is an act of restoration. It calls Afrikan people back to themselves. It reminds us that our elders encoded wisdom in rhythm, in tone, and in silence. Furthermore, this lecture offers scholars, students, and community builders a rare opportunity to witness that wisdom transmitted in real time.

Abibitumi exists to preserve and amplify exactly this kind of irreplaceable knowledge. Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon built this platform precisely so that Afrikan people worldwide could access their own genius — without gatekeepers, without compromise. Therefore, this recording belongs in every household, every study group, and every Afrikan-centered classroom. Do not let this pass you by. Watch the lecture, share it with your community, and invest in your own liberation. Get it here: Watch / Get it here — $10.00.