Ezé Wendtoin
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1991 (age 34–35)
Ezé Wendtoin | |
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 Wendtoin performing in 2022 | |
| Born | Ezékiel Wendtoin Nikiema 1991 (age 34–35) |
| Musical career | |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Trikont, Nikiema Roots Music |
| Website | www |
Ezékiel Wendtoin Nikiema[1] (born 1991), also known as Ezé Wendtoin or just Ezé, is a musician and activist from Burkina Faso who lives in Dresden. He has released 3 studio albums, on which he sings in German, French, and Mooré, and plays drums and guitar.[2]
Wendtoin has founded two non-profit organisations and organised the BurkinAfro Festival in Dresden in 2022.[2][3]
Wendtoin was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1991.[4] He learnt German at school, and obtained a bachelor's degree in Germanistics from the University of Ouagadougou.[5] Wendtoin moved to Germany in 2015 to study a master's degree at TU Dresden.[4]
In Dresden Wendtoin began playing music with collective Banda Internationale.[4] In 2019 his cover version of anti-fascist song "Sage Nein!", written by Konstantin Wecker, brought him wider recognition within Germany.[6] German actors Franziska Weisz, Kida Khodr Ramadan and Frederick Lau appeared in the music video.[7]
Wendtoin's debut album Inzwischen Dazwischen was released in August 2019 on Munich label Trikont Musikverlag.[8] Trikont also released Wendtoin's second album Heute Hier Morgen Deutsch in July 2022.[9] In August 2024 Wendtoin's third album Schwarz Wurde Ich was released on his own label Nikiema Roots Music.[10][11]