Episode 8: Music for Weaving Community Connections Across Faiths with MoYah

MoYah aka Mohammed Yahya, is a rapper and an award-winning interfaith arts programmer curating projects for refugees and asylum seekers. Born in Mozambique during a 16-year war, MoYah was forced to flee his country as a political refugee, and he uses his experience of war and displacement to encourage artistic activism, disintegrate stereotypes & encourage community cohesion between different faiths in the UK and beyond. MoYah has performed extensively across Europe, United States, South America and the African continent, sharing stages with artists including Nas, Africa Bambaataa, Yuna, Guru & Talib Kweli. He founded the first Muslim/ Jewish Hip Hop Duo in the UK, ‘ Lines of Faith’, delivering performances and workshops to challenge prejudice, and to build meaningful bonds between communities. He was named Hip Hop Ambassador of May Project Gardens, and is Head of Social Impact of Acorda Music.