Beyond Skin have continued to have a connection with Zambia through various organisations and individuals.
Samuel Miyoba, aka Smack Jay is our ambassador and an established artist who uses his music as a platform for social impact and advocacy. He visited Northern Ireland first June 2024 follow by two more visits in November 2024 and May 2025. Smack Jay is also collaborating with our friends 5th Element in Belfast. l Read the blog at this link
Anna Musonda is former Miss Heritage Zambia, Miss Grand Zambia 2025 and a champion campaigning for human rights and ending violence against women and girls, supporting many schools and other charities throughout her humanitarian work in Zambia. Anna is also a qualified clinical and psychosocial practitioner. In May 2025 for UNESCO Africa Week we invited Anna over to Northern Ireland accompanied by musician and human rights activist Smack Jay.
In 2020 we decided wouldn't it be fun to do a festival in Zambia with OpenNet4O in partnership with Dance Troup Zambia produced an amazing cultural music & dance event for Beyond Skin as part of the One World Festival. Videos (below). Note: All performing artists were paid for the performance.
National Dance Troupe Beyond Skin Concert (part 1)
National Dance Troupe Beyond Skin Concert (part 2)
National Dance Troupe Beyond Skin Concert (part 3)
Performance poem about CoVid by Bismark Haaduka, a teacher at David Livingstone Secondary School
Through donations from People in Northern Ireland. we planted fruit trees in Choma, Zambia. Donors could name their trees.
