Billie Holiday, Leonard Cohen, Nationalteatern, Melanie Safka, Lauryn Hill, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, 2pac, Erykah Badu, Jake Ziah, Tracy Chapman, Johnny Cash, Erik Bye, Gillian Welch, Julio Cortázar, Langston Hughes, David Diop, Tricky, Tindersticks, Kelis, Laleh, Marianne Faithfull, Brecht&Weill, India Arie, G. Love & Special Sauce, Tom Lehrer, Chris Rock, Víctor Jara, Erik Bye, Becaye Aw, Burt Bacharach, Dinah Washington, Eartha Kitt, Geir Lystrup, Gerd og Otto, Lalla Carlsen, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Marvin Gaye,
I started working in television when I was eleven and ended up as a journalist, working as a freelancer for different Norwegian magazines.
Christmas Eve 2000 I was living in Granada, Spain and my boyfriend bought me a guitar. One thing followed another. I started writing songs. Moved back to Norway and held my first concerts. In 2005 I released my first album; “White lies” and I'm working on the second one.
My other great love is Queendom. We are five women of Norwegian, African and Caribbean descent creating meaningful, poetic, musical humour. I love it! www.queendom.no
Kouame Sereba was awarded the price Folk Musician of the Year during the Folk Music Awards at Folkelarm. (Oslo- Norway) - "Thank you" is a word that covers my feelings right now, said a deeply touched Sereba.