Lamisi — one of Ghana’s most popular artists and an activist for the rights of women and girls — has shared the second single from her forthcoming new album Let Us Clap — a collaboration with innovative music producer and auteur Wanlov the Kubolor, which marks a radical reinvention of her sound. On the new single ‘Come’, Lamisi’s powerful, soulful voice bridges traditional northern Ghanaian rhythms with contemporary sounds. Based in Accra, she leads the Lamisi Fata Foundation, which empowers girls in her home region’s deeply patriarchal society. Her new new album celebrates women’s clapping traditions from northern Ghana while championing female empowerment and social change.

“The song ‘Come’ is about being benevolent, whilst setting healthy boundaries, and about affording full dignity to people that you help. The music was inspired by lively village conversations, how people in groups call and respond to each other, but with instruments.” — Lamisi