Winnie Ama: From Giants to the World of DEKA

African diaspora music discovery can take you from a radio catalogue into pop, disco and electronic songwriting. Winnie Ama offers one such route. NAM Radio’s catalogue includes Giants, a starting point for exploring an artist whose official biography places soul, disco and electronic influences alongside a background in poetry and jazz. Source: Winnie Ama’s official biography.

A songwriter with more than one musical reference point

Winnie Ama identifies as Northern Irish–Ghanaian. Her biography foregrounds storytelling and describes a musical approach that connects older influences with contemporary sounds. That is useful context for discovery: a listener can follow the writing as well as the production, moving between collaborations and releases under her own name. Source: official biography.

For NAM Radio listeners, this is an invitation to explore the breadth of diaspora music. National and cultural connections can help us find an artist, while the artist’s own descriptions help us understand how they frame their work.

Start with Giants, then open DEKA

The distributor-hosted release page credits Giants to Heartbeat Designers & Winnie Ama and offers links to streaming services. Follow those shared credits when exploring the release; they recognise the collaboration behind the title. Giants listening options and credits.

Then move to DEKA. Winnie Ama’s Bandcamp page lists 17 October 2025 as its release date and presents the project as a debut album with soul-pop, disco and folk influences. Its published sequence includes Don’t You Want It?, Fever, Get on You, Sun Follows Rain, Wide Open and Tangled. Source and listening route: DEKA on the artist’s Bandcamp.

There are two useful ways to approach that sequence. Follow the album order to consider how the songs sit together, or begin with a short selection before returning to the full project. For a first visit, try Fever, Sun Follows Rain and Tangled. These are suggested entry points, not a ranking.

Give the writing a second listen

The following are listening prompts rather than first-hand review claims. On one pass, focus on the words and the person being addressed. On another, notice what the arrangement does around the voice. Does your understanding of a song change when you read the artist-published lyrics?

Comparing a collaborative release with an album can also raise a useful question: what makes an artist recognisable across different settings? Let the recordings supply your answer.

Explore more through Winnie Ama’s official website. For station listening, tune into NAM Radio and view the programme schedule.

Editorial note: AI-assisted discovery feature by NAM Radio Discovery Desk. Sources checked on 23 September 2026. Artist-provided descriptions and release information are paraphrased and linked. This is not an interview or a first-hand listening review; catalogue inclusion does not promise a particular broadcast time.