Anna Soko Mudeka is a Zimbabwean-British musician, actor, business executive and music festival organizer. Since 2008 she has been the organizer of the Southburgh Festival of World Music in Southburgh in the Breckland districtVisit Breckland of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England. Also some local festivities.
The festival raises money for the Mudeka Foundation, a charity that seeks "... to provide orphans in Zimbabwe with an opportunity for an education."
Stage performances Since 2022, she has acted and sung multiple performances of Mama Afrika, a single-person, two-act stage performance based on the life and music of Miriam Makeba. The play was scripted by Zimbabwean writer Tomas Lutuli Brickhill and directed by Tonia Daley-Campbell: https://www.theapex.co.uk/whats-on/details.cfm?id=974547&ins=1547590
2022: Five one-night venues across East Anglia 2023: Ten one-night venues from London to Edinburgh 2024: Nine one-night venues from London to Edinburgh 2025: Twelve one-night venues spread from Bristol to Nottingham
Televised performances On 25 March 2026, Mudeka's ensemble, The African Choir of Norfolk performed at the televised installation of Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral.Sophie Skyring, "Norfolk choir to perform at Archbishop of Canterbury's installation",Eastern Daily Press, 24 March 2026
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