Koreta Bashima
About this Artist
Meet Koreta Bashima! Koreta is a Rwanda traditional musician and she has devoted her life to playing the Inanga instrument and sharing her gift of music to enliven her local community.
Koreta is a community member at the Red Rocks Initiative for Sustainable Development in Rwanda. Red Rocks Initiative is a non-profit organization located on just a short distance from Volcanoes National Park, which is part of the Virunga Massif Ecosystem. The Virunga Massif is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It is comprised of eight huge volcanoes ("virunga") and is the home to the Mountain Gorilla.
Red Rocks Initiative supports local community members like Koreta Bashima through a variety of arts and culture initiatives, regenerative tourism, and operating an innovative community center.
Red Rocks is regenerating rural their rural economy through a variety of community-based cooperatives and training programs to support local livelihoods in harmony with biodiversity stewardship.