Hamza Castro


Musician | Composer | Singer | Cultural Researcher | Cultural Heritage Practitioner.


Preserving Sudanese musical heritage through Music , research, & cultural practice .

Live at Nyege Nyege Festival 2024 — Jinja, Uganda.

Artist Statment

Hamza Castro is a Sudanese musician, composer, singer, and cultural researcher whose practice explores the relationship between music, cultural heritage, cultural memory, identity, and social transformation.


Through composition, vocal performance, field research, oral history, cultural documentation, and collaborative artistic practice, he works to document, preserve, and reinterpret Sudanese musical knowledge through contemporary artistic expression.


Live at Nyege Nyege Festival 2024, one of East Africa’s leading music and arts festivals.

Featured Performance

Simsim Al-Gadarif

Live performance at Nyege Nyege Festival 2024 in Jinja, Uganda, showcasing Sudanese musical heritage through contemporary performance and international cultural collaboration.

Sawa Togende | Peace for Sudan

An original peace song inspired by Sudanese heritage, combining traditional musical influences with contemporary

composition to promote unity, dialogue, and hope.