location: Segu
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Komo : Daouda Doumbia
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Festival : Segou, Mali
Malik Drame plays Bara music on bonkolo at a Bamana festival in Segou Mali. Funky! Bonkolo predates Djembe for the Bamana people. Today, in Mali, ancient rhythms like Bara get played on djembe, too. It’s good to get an idea of the origional instrumentation for these rhythms. The ergonomics of bonkolo tend to result in […]
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Mendiani, Tansole, Maraka + More : Daouda Doumbia
Daouda Doumbiya sings songs and plays some very nice phrasing for a handful of djembe rhythms in Segou, Mali. We Like this Video Because: Daouda sings some songs that are easy to hear. He plays phrases that mark the dance. He uses some closed and muted slaps for melody. Daouda is a great player, and […]
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Korojuga Music : Segou, Mali
A procession plays Korojuga music and enters a compound in Segu, Mali. We like this video because: In this video we see the group play a rhythm with a cycle of 5 notes. This is rare in Mande music. It reminds us that there’s always an exception to the rule.
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Bara : Segou, Mali
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Dansa : Troupe de Kayes (1)
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Dansa : Troupe de Kayes (2)
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Dansa : Troupe de Kayes (3)