SUBA means ‘sunrise’ in Mandinka, Seckou’s native language, and sunrise is his favourite time of day, a time of freshness and hope. “Even if you’re facing certain difficulties, you reset your brain back to normal. You see the sunrise as a new day, a new peace, a new something, good or bad - an exciting something. That was the feeling I had when I was writing with Omar.” For Omar, the album is a heartfelt reiteration of humanity’s oldest prayer. “The concept of the record is peace, hope and unity. In this moment we’re living, when everything’s falling apart little by little, the one thing we have inside ourselves is a divine connection with our inner voice, with our spirit and light and with our ancestors. We try to give hope through music and tell people that we can be together.”
