She has studied the Kora since the age of three, and gave her first performance at London's Jazz Café when she was four years old. She attended the Royal College of Music, where she studied cello, piano and harpsichord, and soon after went onto the Purcell School of Music to study composition.
Alianza kujifunza kupiga kora tangu alipokuwa na umri wa miaka mitatu na kufanya onyesho lake la kwanza akiwa na umri wa miaka minne katika mkahawa wa London Jazz Café. Amejifunza mambo mbalimbali katika chuo cha muziki cha "Royal College" ikiwemo Piano na harpsichord na baadae amekwenda chuo cha Purcell kwa ajili ya kujifunza utunzi wa muziki.