Nana Benz du Togo, Sauljaljui and The Joy live at WOMADelaide

The Music Show is back on Kaurna Land at Adelaide's Botanic Park for WOMADelaide 2025, a festival celebrating music from all over the world.

Named after a group of powerful grandmas in the 1970s and 80s who sold wax print fabrics at the Lomé central market and drove a Mercedes Benz, Nana Benz du Togo are a five-piece band with three female lead vocalists. PVC pipe percussion, a DIY drum kit and Korg synthesizer form their hypnotic rhythm section, and their music is inspired by their shared voodoo beliefs.

From the Paiwan tribe of southern Taiwan, Sauljaljui (戴曉君) is a songwriter and musician who plays the two-stringed yueqin (moon lute). Blending traditional folk song with contemporary sounds from around the world, her music seeks to strengthen Indigenous language, culture and the natural world.

Forming by accident when they were all early for choir practice and started jamming, five piece South African group The Joy are bringing the Zulu traditions of a cappella singing to the attention of the next generation. 

Performed live by Nana Benz du Togo:

Liberty

Tite

Performed live by Sauljaljui:

Cemavulid (Battle Song)

Dipin Kari Tang

Performed live by The Joy:

Amaqatha Amancane

Mathandana Wami