MAYUMI ALIMA IS A PERFORMING ARTIST WITH MULTIPLE TALENTS! RAISED IN HER EARLY YEARS, TO THE BEAT OF NGUELE ALIMA HER FATHER'S AFRICAN DRUMMER (DJEMBE), THE IMPULSES FLOWED INTO HER BODY AND OUTWARD TO THE WORLD THROUGH INSPIRED DANCE, AND LATER THROUGH HER OWN ORIGINAL SONG...
 

MAYUMI WAS BORN IN CAMEROON WEST AFRICA AS MARIE RUTH ALIMA AND MAYUMI IS HER REAL NAME UPSIDE DOWN ; MEANS THE ARROW THAT BRINGS THE GOOD NEWS...GREW UP IN PARIS (FRANCE), NOW RESIDES IN THE NEW YORK AREA.

HER MESSAGE OF LOVE PEACE AND ENDURANCE DERIVES FROM THE FOLK TEACHING OF HER AFRICAN CULTURE, STARTING WITH THE LULLABIES AND FAIRY TALES SUNG BY EMILIA ZANGA HER MOTHER. SHE HAS BEEN WARMLY RECEIVED BY A WIDE DIVERSITY OF AUDIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE AND AFRICA.