Djembefola, as the film is called, won several prizes even prior to its distribution. Bolokada conde is a master among masters and one of the richest treasures of malinke music and folklore on earth. Konde, elder master djembefola of balandugu, who initiated him to the secrets of the djembe. The politics of representation and transmission in the. Also in this same year, 1991, mamady s own lifestory was put on the big screen in an awardwinning documentary film titled djembefola the man who makes a djembe speak. I think you should ideally combine these dvds with mamady keita s book of malinke rhythms, which shows drum and bell patterns. This dvd is ntsc, dvd9 format, suitable for standard north american dvd players.
Mamady keita is a master djembefola from guinea filmed by com. He plays again with the djoliba ballet, where he worked for 22 years, and travels across the country to explore his. He was appointed lead soloist of ballet djoliba in and, inbecame its artistic director. An uncommon destiny is what was predicted to mamady s mother when she asked what was to become her son. Mamady keita definition by babylons free dictionary.
Nankama, wassolon 1989, mogobalu 1995 hamanah 1996 and afo 1998. He first attracted notice as a soloist in the national ballets and since then has had an international. Mamady keita master djembefola djembe player youtube. David has studied with mamady and famoudou for 17 nov 2017. Mogobalu is chevalliers followup to djembefola and features bonus live concert footage of mamady and his collaborations with other great drummers from around the world. Mamady keita video interview and djembe performance. Even before his birth his mother was told that his name would travel beyond balandugu, beyond guinea and beyond all of africa. Sorsonet mamady keita download here you can download free mamady keita shared files.
Balandougou, siguiri prefecture, kankan region, guinea, august 1950 is a master drummer from the west african nation of guinea. Mamady has produced 11 cds, 8 instructional videodvds, several documentary films including internationally acclaimed djembefola, by laurent chevalier, and the book, mamady keita. She was a college friend and a good one back then and weve had some fun times together. Les genres du film comedie dramatique, documentaire.
He has since gone on to become the most well known djembefola in. Drum godfather mamady keita calls bolokada a brilliant and. City bum bum petit mamady keita, conakry 2015 facebook. The film contains outstanding footage of rehearsals and performances by mamady and ballet djoliba, as well as heartwrenching scenes in balandugu as mamady is. Concurrently, i took my first workshop with mamady keita, the former lead drummer and musical. Inspired by master djembefola, mamady keita, and designed for students and enthusiasts worldwide, djembefola. Welcome to the djembefola community website, home of west african djembe drums on the web. This awardwinning film by laurent chevallier documents percussionist mamady keita s 1991 return to his home village of balandugu, in northern guinea, west africa, after years of living in. Djembefola, february 26, 2020 our tiny batch of 9 watched djembefola, master mamady keita s documentary portraying his journey as one. Mamady keita documentary rare german tv documentary djembe brasil collection br we selltrade official mamady videos and many other rare west african videos.
Also in this same year, 1991, mamady s own lifestory was put on the big screen in an awardwinning documentary film titled djembefola. Mamady keita is a master djembefola from guinea filmed by in this interview with brian flemming, he talks about the. Plus the wonderful introduction and background for each piece plays every time you select it. Scroll through dozens of traditional rhythms, each with. Mamady keita s recordings on the fonti musicali label. Mamady keita was born in 1950 in balandougou, a village in wassolon, guinea. Here you can order some new mamady keita series djembes. Telecharger djembefola dvdrip vf gratuit bdrip xvid film. Filme uber zwei sehr unterschiedliche meistertrommler aus guinea. Directed by laurent chevallier, this film introduces us to mamady keita, the worlds greatest djembe player and shares his magical and emotional journey back to his birth village of balandugu, guinea after a 26year absence. African drumming, buy djembe online, djembe, djembe lessons, djembe workshops, djembefola, drumming, mamady keita, world renowned master drummer. In the same year, mamady was award the gold medal as the best djembefola in the international folklore festival in sicily, italy where les ballet djoliba also won the grand prize.
If you approach this disc as more of a field recording of ethnomusicological interest, you will be far more satisfied with it. A spellbinding grandmaster djembefola, conde takes pride in sharing the malinke rhythms, songs, and culture with sheer passion, patience, and remarkable zeal. In 1991, filmmaker laurent chevallier made a prizewinning documentary about mamady s return to his native village after 26 years. Mamady keita the master of african drumming a couple of months ago, i met a friend who returned to india from the us after 4 years. Upon release, the movie won the wisselzak trophy and special jury award at the international documentary film festival amsterdam, and the audience award at the marseille festival of documentary film, and brought the djembe to the attention of a wide audience. Petit mamady keita, homonime of the great mamady keita grew up between one hand of famoudou konate and the other hand of mamady kargus himself. In this interview with brian flemming, he talks about the. Add to this his teenage time spent with fadouba oulare in faranah region of guinea and you get a. Famadi sako comes from guinea and is today one of the major djembefola. He plays again with the djoliba ballet, where he worked for 22 years, and travels across the country to. If you watch the film djembefola, when they are in the village. He specializes in the gobletshaped hand drum called djembe. The moment of his music initiation at the age of 2 years old has been shown so beautifully in the legendary movie djembefola.
Sometimes called the master of masters, mamady keita was born in 1950 in the small village of. Mamady keita the master of african drumming taalinc. Telecharger djembefola dvdrip vf gratuit bdrip xvid. The bell patterns are not recorded that brightly and the hands often blur even on slow motion. Mamady keita was born in 1950 in balandugu, a small village in guinea, west africa, near the border of mali. He is considered one of the worlds foremost djembe players. As a little kid, the master would beat on anything and everything idiophonic and at just 14, would become one of the five percussionists in le ballet national djoliba. The film depicts mamady s return to balandugu after a 26year absence. Join our community to share and learn about african music, in particular african drums and djembe percussion. The 1991 documentary djembefola by laurent chevallier depicts mamady keitas return to the village of his birth after a 26year absence. The documentary follows a drummer from a francophone african country village on his world tour and through his triumphant return to his village. A story that is heard more than once in laurent chevaliers djembefola, a documentary portrait of the african master drummer mamady keita, tells. This cd is a very good example of a very different style of music, a much more villagestyle than the crisp productions of the latter. Mamady keita, guinean drummer, returns to guinea after several years in brussels.
These videos are of mamady keita at the big bang festival which took place in dublin in 2009 they were recorded in the national concert hall in dublin, and are released here on djembefola. Inspired by master djembefola, mamady keita, and designed for students and. Mamady keita, a famous guinean drummer, returns to guinea after several years in brussels. A story that is heard more than once in laurent chevaliers djembefola, a documentary portrait of the african master drummer mamady keita. Mamady keita is a master drummer from the west african nation of guinea. He is also the founder of the tam tam mandingue school of drumming.
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