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BIOGRAPHY
Born on January 30, 1984 in Kinshasa, capital of the former Zaire and the current Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under the dictatorial regime of Marshal Mobutu, Tito Biteketa is a cultural entrepreneur of Congolese origin. A graduate of the National Institute of Arts (INA) in Kinshasa, he has been based in Stockholm, Sweden since 2018. He trained in innovative event management at B Group AB, one of the largest professional training structures. of the creative industry in Scandinavia, more specifically in Sweden and Denmark. Tito has knowledge of the culture and interests of young people in general. His expertise lies particularly in hip hop culture.
Very young, Tito let himself be influenced by the wave of hip hop culture seizing the elders of his neighborhood, in the communes of Barumbu and Kinshasa (suburbs of the Congolese capital). Towards the end of the 80s, during which important figures of the Kinshasa urban scene emerged such as DJ Brown, General Funk (columnist of the show Club Funky, the first hip hop show in the DR.Congo), Jules Badel, Cheikh Man, Bebson de la Rue, Jean-Michel Lanku, Les Sans Abri, Bawuta Kin, Lexxus Legal (ex-member of the group Pensée Nègre Brut), Tito familiarized himself with the works of these important artists and immersed himself in the urban environment. He will make a brief foray into rap without however making a professional career there. First under the aegis of Cheikh Man at the end of the 90s, he then went through several other rap groups and collectives, where he was accompanied by his childhood friend Mylix, as well as other Congolese artists, such as Ultra-Man "Patrick Baka" (ex-member of Sans Abri, died in 2017), DJ Larage, FB One, Boomanizé or Inspekta Oxykhrom. The beginning of the 2000s was a defining moment for him, being in search of a mentor and aiming to develop his personal potential, being then a young person in full self-construction.
CAREER
Noting the great lack of positive role models and leaders among young people – as well as a flagrant lack of support for young people wishing to flourish in the artistic milieu – he chose his hobbyhorse: young people. He then came up with the idea of creating Free Expression DRC in July 2010 with Blaise Nalwango and Cédrick Sheriya, co-founders of the project. This cultural association had as main objective the management of young Congolese talents.
In 2012 he worked alongside the Congolese visual artist Aicha Muteba during the preparations for the 3rd edition of the visit organized by the Atelier Lumineux, then in 2013 he was responsible for communications for the festival Jeunes Talents en Milieu Scolaire, an initiative of the versatile artist Blanchi Lusilao, also a graduate of the INA in dramatic art. Unfortunately, the edition will have to be canceled for reasons beyond the control of the organizing team.
In 2015, he participated in the return to the stage of the mythical Congolese rumba group "Bakolo Miziki" created in 1948, disbanded and renamed around 2015 "Rezonans Bakolo Miziki". Tito will then play the role of communications and public relations officer. He will then be contacted to combine two hats simultaneously: that of assistant in charge of production Team Kinshasa in the album "64 bits & Malachite" by Belgian-Congolese rapper Baloji and that of assistant in charge of production at the 9th edition of the Jazz Kif festival in Kinshasa, one of the biggest world music festivals in the DRC and the sub-region.
In 2016, Tito flew to the city of Goma, in eastern DRC, where he still held various roles in several events: press and communications manager for the 3rd edition of the "Goma Fashion Show" organized by Kivu Nuru; responsible for workshops on vocal work, artistic management, guitar and musical creation within the framework of the Amani Festival, the most important music festival in the region; then responsible for the workshops at the 11th edition of the Congo International Film Festival (CIFF) organized by Yolé Africa!. Fascinated by her career, the founder of the United World Colleges DRC, an international organization working in education, offered her to set up a branch of the said organization in Goma. He will therefore become the focal point, making sure to tirelessly promote culture and education, which go hand in hand.
He will return to Kinshasa where he will take on the position of assistant in charge of production for the 10th edition of the Jazz Kif festival.
In 2017 he moved to Niamey, Niger, where he will work as communication director and production assistant at the 3rd edition of the Sahel Hip Hop & World Music Festival, and will be invited to Rabat, Morocco, for the 2017 edition of the Visa For Music, one of the most important music festivals in Africa and the Middle East, as a professional of the African music industry.
In 2018, he participated with the Congolese slammer Peter Komodua - one of the precursors of the slam movement in the DRC - in the creation of Slam House, a mini itinerant slam festival organized from house to house with the aim of proliferating the urban poetry in the Congolese capital.
In November 2021, he participates as a cultural actor in the development of recommendations within the framework of the AMPLIFY-SAMTAL workshop in Stockholm, offering a space for dialogue on the role of culture in the future of the European project. The exchange aimed to ensure an ongoing dialogue on how the future of Europe is envisaged. The event was organized by Intercult and Europa Direkt Stockholm, in collaboration with Trans Europe Halles, Subtopia, Blivande, Smart Coop, Fanzingo, Medborgarskolan and The Good Talents. The results of this workshop have been compiled in a list of proposals published in the public platform Conference on the Future of Europe (CoEF) and are part of a set of recommendations that have been sent directly to the European Parliament via the pan-European network Culture Action Europe (CAE).
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