02 - Kumi

competing for the PRIX EUROPA 2021 - Rising Star Audio

by Bérénice Coussementk Belgium RITCS

‘Trauma can either break you or make you stronger.`It’s a lesson all of us experience at some point in life but one that Kumi has learned from a very young age. It’s as if she had no choice but to break boundaries since her name literally means ‘power”’

Kumi grew up in Suriname: an exotic paradise surrounded by hospitable people. She fondly tells stories about newborn monkeys and sunny days. However, a dark shadow was cast over her childhood. When her mother suspected there was something wrong, they fled the country to start a new life in the Netherlands .