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Category: West Africa
MALI sings can’t stop it, won’t stop it. Mali Kingdom reigns
I was asking one of my favorite Ngewels from Senegal West Africa what he thought about Radical Islamic groups in… Read more MALI sings can’t stop it, won’t stop it. Mali Kingdom reigns
Leumbeul Plus ~ make the sabars sing(sing)
Aziz Faye and family Sing Sing from Dakar Senegal make the Sabars sing Click Medina Rue 23 to get the… Read more Leumbeul Plus ~ make the sabars sing(sing)
Stacks and Stacks ~ Sing Sing Rythme
The WOOD and the FISH ~ tell your children
Know where you come from….
An intersection and the Lamp Fall
Finding myself in the Middle of Nowhere When my mind rolls across this memory it snaps not first to the… Read more An intersection and the Lamp Fall
Old Skool #3 Rail Band and the griot style Mory Konte
Music is great isn’t it?
‘I don’t know if they would even call it art, because it is truly how they live.’ (reblogg) ~kenna cottman
“Everyone was at the tannebiir” http://www.kennacottman.com/blog/xale-ngeuweul-young-griots.html Kenna Cottman takes us down the griot’s path. In and around
This voice should be way more famous than it is.
Pop Rock Africa by Badou Mandiang From Senegal Badou Mandiang
Hard to explain: painting from beaded dolls
My cousin sent me an inspirational book on African Doll Figure Beading called Bead by bead. They seemed like 2… Read more Hard to explain: painting from beaded dolls