Jamaican-American crew, Brick and Lace will perform at a Pan-African Dance Festival (FESPAD) which is due to kick-off on  July 27 at the stadium of Université Libre de Kigali (ULK).

Rwandan music lovers will be entertained on Friday in style when they rock with the R&B music vocalists, Brick and Lace.

Brick and Lace’s song "Love is wicked” has dominated the airwaves on radio and television stations as well as nightclubs in Kigali.

During a brief phone interview, the marketing manager of FESPAD, Dorren Mabephiene, told The New Times that the Ministry of Culture and Sports (MINISPOC) organized the dance and music festival.

She also added that Rwanda Investment and Export Promotion Agency (RIEPA), Primus plus, Rwanda Commercial Bank (BCR), Rwandair, MTN, Electrogaz and many others, sponsored the festival. 

The celebrities are expected to come to the country on July 25 and are scheduled to perform during the Jungle Party in Gisenyi July 26.

Sibling duo Brick & Lace, whose real names are Nyanda, 26, and Nailah, 24, will also be performing as part of a one-week music festival along with a host of other international and local artists such as Oliver N’Goma (Gabon), Magic System (Ivory Coast), Red Sun (Kenya), Chameleon (Uganda), and Kidumu (a Burundian musician based in Kenya).

Previously, the music and dance festival has attracted famous reggae musicians such as the late South African Lucky Philip Dube and the Ivorian reggae singer Alpha Blondy among others.

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