Tag: african dance
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“Numu Foly” Mali African Dance, Djembe Drums and Chants#8
Mali West African dance choreography. This piece is called Numu Foly (the black smith dance). This video is from the series West African (Mal)i Dance, Drums and Chants #8. And is from my African drum and dance lessons in Bamako, Mali, West Africa. Read More »
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“HOT”!! African Dancers from Liberia,Cameroon, West Africa perform African Dance
West African dancers and djembe and dunun drummer perform at the skytop Dream Bar in downtown Bangkok for music festival and celebration. MIchael P, Kenji Japan and Louis Mexico w/ Michael K on shakers as well Read More »
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All about Mali Didadi (Didadee) music: dance to the drum!
The music for this CD was made at Centre Togola, the local community center, run by director Kareem Togola. It is located outside Sabalibougou. ‘Bougou’ means ‘village’ in Bambara language, although it is located in a city district inside a bustling market place on the outskirts of Bamako, Mali, West Africa. The community center houses… Read More »
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Mali Baby naming celebration West African dance and drum at community gathering
Mali djembe drumming on west african style djembes drums and west african dance at it’s highest level is shown at this baby naming celebration and community drum and dance gathering. “MC” on lead cow skin djembe. Filmed near bamako, Mali west africa, a beautiful jembe jam, showing the best djembe players Read More »
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All about “Didadi (Didadee) Music of Mali”
MUSIC OF MALI: DIDADEE Featuring Sumba Togola and Friends Released by earthcds partners. Recorded and produced by Michael Pluznick Audio CD: 62 minutes – 7 tracks The music for this CD was made at Centre Togola, the local community center, run by director Kareem Togola. It is located outside Sabalibougou. ‘Bougou’ means ‘village’ in Bambara… Read More »
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“Kassa” from Lavaroots drum and dance performance in Hawaii
This is a performance by the Lavaroots ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii and is called Kassa, which is a West African traditional harvest dance from Guinea, West Africa. Read More »
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Female Drummers and Dancers with Bolokada and group
Female West African dancers (formerly of Guinea West Africa’s famous Ballet Merveilles) drum, dance and dance solo with master djembe drummer (djembe fola) Bolokada Cond (from Les Percussions Du Guinee) and his group Les Percussions Melenke in Bolinas, California. The first piece with dancers is “Mane”, from Guinea West Africa. Read More »
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African dance: young boy shows his great dance moves in Conakry dununba party
This video was shot at a dununba djembe drum and community dance party in Conakry Guinea my friend and teacher, the late great Komoko Sano took me to on my musical and percussion study tour to Guinea. Each dancer at a party takes a turn to show off their “stuff” or dance moves. If someone… Read More »