Ezé Wendtoin

Ezékiel Wendtoin Nikiema (born 1991), also known as Ezé Wendtoin or just Ezé, is a musician and activist from Burkina Faso who lives in Dresden. He has released 3 studio albums, on which he sings in German, French, and Mooré, and plays drums and guitar.

Wendtoin has founded two non-profit organisations and organised the BurkinAfro Festival in Dresden in 2022.

Life and career Wendtoin was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1991. He learnt German at school, and obtained a bachelor's degree in Germanistics from the University of Ouagadougou. Wendtoin moved to Germany in 2015 to study a master's degree at TU Dresden.

In Dresden Wendtoin began playing music with collective . In 2019 his cover version of anti-fascist song "", written by Konstantin Wecker, brought him wider recognition within Germany. German actors Franziska Weisz, Kida Khodr Ramadan and Frederick Lau appeared in the music video.

Wendtoin's debut album Inzwischen Dazwischen was released in August 2019 on Munich label . Trikont also released Wendtoin's second album Heute Hier Morgen Deutsch in July 2022. In August 2024 Wendtoin's third album Schwarz Wurde Ich was released on his own label Nikiema Roots Music.

Discography Albums Inzwischen Dazwischen (2019, ) Heute Hier Morgen Deutsch (2022, Trikont) Schwarz Wurde Ich (2024, Nikiema Roots Music)

Singles "Sage Nein!" (2019, Trikont)