Maanta has since worked with various other artists including Algerian Raï singer Abdelkader Saadoun, UK hip hop group the Choong Family, and Somali musicians Maryam Mursal and Ahmed 'Hudeydi' Ismail Hussein.
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In protest, he staged a re-enactment of one such interrogation at Heathrow in the music video for his single "Deeqa".
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In 2006, Maanta held his first notable performance at Rise: London United, the UK's largest multi-cultural festival.
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