Bona Ngoumou has been surrounded by music of various origins since she was a young child. She is a singer, composer and musician who plays the guitar, kora and percussion. Her music deals with personal and external experiences, being black and female, healing and empowerment, fantasy worlds and love. She has worked on various musical projects and is a co-founder of the Berlin-based band 3Women.

Bona’s journey led her from Yaoundé, where she grew up, to Berlin via detours, where she currantly lives with her family. In addition to her artistic and musical activities, she works as a pediatrician and neonatologist at the children’s hospital in Berlin. She has already performed twice with 3Women at Ballhaus Naunynstraße as part of the International Performance Festival Permanente Beunruhigung and the Black Berlin Black – United Polyphonic festival. On the occasion of the seventh edition of the Black Berlin Black festival, under the programmatic title Festivity, she collaborated with Gonza Ngoumou for the first time with The String Archestra for a special concert evening featuring kora and string instruments.