Ibeyi

Ibeyi

In Yoruba, Ibeji translates as "twins".

Ibeyi is a French/Cuban musical duo consisting of twin sisters.

The twins' father was the famed Cuban percussionist, Anga Díaz, who as a member of Buena Vista Social Club. On his death, the twins, then age 11 years old, learned to play his signature instrument the cajón, and studied the folks songs of Yoruba. Now aged 19, they recorded their debut album. 

They sing in English and the language of Yoruba, a Nigerian language that travelled to Cuba via slavery in the 1700s.