Guelewar (again)

N.T.C. the Gambia

Tenin the lioness

Teningnini Damba as daughter of Bazoumana Sissoko , the old lion, had his legacy  to defend
but  in Aye Woyo she is crafting  some truly brilliant -and  addictive-originals
after-all  Teningnini  is simply great as herself-a lioness  indeed....

enjoy  

with  special thanks to mela
and of course to ngoni for the next ORTM beauty >

The Afro-Arabian Crossroad-Music of the Tihama on the Red Sea

 Tibbal music from the Tihama coastal plain of the Yemen on the Red Sea
-recordings by Anderson Bakewell -
an African-Arabian  blend of   lyres, reeds and virtuosic drumming,
performed by members of the Akhdam, or better  "Al Muhamasheen" the marginalized ones,

the outcast group that has a certain reputation for sorcery,among others...

 you can read further, this article  in english and this in french,
about the social exclusion of the Akhdam

*****

Alhaji Mamman Shata Katsina

Alhaji (Dr) Mamman Shata Katsina

the super songbird of Hausaland

here

Amadou Kienou et Ensemble Foteban-Taabali

"The djembe is not only a musical instrument,but an instrument we live with,

and through it we can express our emotions” Amadou says.

Born in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso, Amadou Kienou is the seventh son in a family of praise singers
of Dafing origin,a nomad tribe that settled down

 during the time of the Mandingue Empire.

Praise singers from father to son,the Kienou are renowned and very popular professional dancers

and musicians in Burkina Faso.

Amadou has been initiated in music within his family,mostly by his father,the late Baba Kienou,

a distinguished and famous djeli

who brought his personal touch to big national and cultural events like the Djandjoba,in the sixties

and young Amadou learned to play by his side,most of the traditional instruments:the djembé,the balafon,the doundoun,the tama and the n'goni.

Amadou Kienou from 1986 on,became the main percussionist of the "Ensemble Instrumental du Burkina Faso",then in 1988 of the Wande company of Moussognouma Kouyate and next year he joined "Ensemble Artistique de Désiré Bonogo"

During the mid-90's he was also a member of the contemporary dance company " Salia n' Seydou" under the direction

of choreographer Salia Sanou and as musician-narrator in the "Fa Djiri Lolo-Théâtre" company.

In '95 he founded his own group " Amadou Kienou et l' Ensemble Fôteban" ,

with brothers,sisters and cousins musicians and dancers from the extended Kienou family:

Oumar Kienou, Issoufou Kiénou, Dramane Konate, Dara Sanou,Salimata Kienou,Korotimi Ina Kienou.

AmadouKienouSite

dancing with the Kienou family
Taabali

Mah Kouyate (n°2) & Madou Camara

hello again 
djeliya and spoken word on a magic carpet woven with ngoni and guitars
from one of the greats,Cheick Fantamadi Diabaté dit Fimani,
with Adama Kouyaté djembe and Drissa Diabaté on kora....bliss

*Salimou*


thanks RB

Mansane Cisse

electric versions and even more kora versions of the wonderful theme of  Mansane Cisse
a universal tale of love and betrayal ,witchcraft and death, in song

i read in tp africa  :
"There was  a fisherman named Bakari. His young wife runs always for money to Mansane Cisse,a rich merchant  while her husband was fishing on the river. Bakari decides to contact a marabout and thanks to his powers and witchcrafts, patron Cisse dies the same night in which he consumes the first passion night together with the lady, who will also die after him. The nobles in the village ask Bakari to accompany them on the other bank of the river where the tragedy had just taken place. In the middle of the river Bakari stops his pinasse and asks the griot who was there for the nobles, to sing a song about his story. This song was in fact Mansane Cisse the story of a rich and powerful man who was living in the illusion of being able to obtain whatever he wanted thanks to his richness and about a poor fisherman who is redeemed and enters the collective conscience of the people."


13 versions (at_hand) collected 

01-Mama Sissoko-Manssane Cisse
02-Kandia Sory Kouyate- Massane Cisse
03-Sura Susso- Massaneh Cessay
04-Djiguiba Cissoko-Mansane Cisse
05-Super Diamono de Dakar-Mansani Cisse (Instrumental)
06-Papa Susso & Tamba Susso-Mansane Cisse
07-Vieux Diop-Manzani
08-Lalo Keba Drame - Mansane Cisse
09-Kaloum Star-Mansane Cisse
10-Miriam Makeba's Quintette Guinéenne-Mansane Cisse
11-Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall-Massani Cissé
12-Orchestre  Baobab Gouye Gui De Dakar-Mansane Cisse
13-Mangala Camara - Mansane Cisse


new link 11/6/15
Mansane Cisse


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