In 2015, Michael League invited Malika to become the lead singer of a new group, Bokanté ("Exchange", in Guadeloupean Creole). Their debut album Strange Circles was released in June 2017, and the band went on a European tour in the following month. They collaborated with the Metropole Orkest on their second album What Heat, which was released in September 2018 and was nominated for Best World Music Album in the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
