Roots International
Abdi Rashid Jibril is a music curator and promoter from Nairobi, Kenya.
He is the Managing Director of Roots International, a boutique event company that produces the annual Cool Waters Jazz & Roots Festival and hosts a weekly live music night called Thursday Nite Live in Nairobi. The event has featured over 350 concerts and is recognized as one of the best weekly live music platforms in East Africa.
Apart from Cool Waters Jazz & Roots Festival, Roots International Presents has promoted notable concerts featuring renowned national legends and international artists among them Meklit Hadero (Ethiopia/USA), Sal Davis & Maia von Lekow (Kenya), Ochieng Nelly (Kenya), Sousou and Maher Cissoko (Sweden/Senegal), Addis Acoustic Project (Ethiopia), Habib Koite & Bamada (Mali), Suzanna Owiyo (Kenya), Waldemar Bastos (Angola),
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