The film depicts mamady s return to balandugu after a 26year absence. Mamady keita is a master drummer from the west african nation of guinea. Here you can order some new mamady keita series djembes. He plays again with the djoliba ballet, where he worked for 22 years, and travels across the country to explore his. Mamady keita is a master djembefola from guinea filmed by com. Scroll through dozens of traditional rhythms, each with. Even before his birth his mother was told that his name would travel beyond balandugu, beyond guinea and beyond all of africa. Telecharger djembefola dvdrip vf gratuit bdrip xvid film. Mamady keita video interview and djembe performance. 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.
Mamady keita is a master djembefola from guinea filmed by in this interview with brian flemming, he talks about the. Telecharger djembefola dvdrip vf gratuit bdrip xvid. I saw this more than twelve years ago, but it sticks with me. Bolokada conde is a master among masters and one of the richest treasures of malinke music and folklore on earth. Mamady has produced 11 cds, 8 instructional videodvds, several documentary films including internationally acclaimed djembefola, by laurent chevalier, and the book, mamady keita. 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. 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. Inspired by master djembefola, mamady keita, and designed for students and enthusiasts worldwide, djembefola. Also in 1991, mamady s story was put on the big screen by laurent chevalliers documentary djembefola.
Drum godfather mamady keita calls bolokada a brilliant and. In 1991, filmmaker laurent chevallier made a prizewinning documentary about mamady s return to his native village after 26 years. The bell patterns are not recorded that brightly and the hands often blur even on slow motion. A spellbinding grandmaster djembefola, conde takes pride in sharing the malinke rhythms, songs, and culture with sheer passion, patience, and remarkable zeal. Also in this same year, 1991, mamady s own lifestory was put on the big screen in an awardwinning documentary film titled djembefola. If you watch the film djembefola, when they are in the village. A story that is heard more than once in laurent chevaliers djembefola, a documentary portrait of the african master drummer mamady keita.
He has since gone on to become the most well known djembefola in. Mamady keita, a famous guinean drummer, returns to guinea after several years in brussels. The documentary follows a drummer from a francophone african country village on his world tour and through his triumphant return to his village. If you approach this disc as more of a field recording of ethnomusicological interest, you will be far more satisfied with it. At the same time they give practical advice for teaching and learning these rhythms with the help of a notation that is as ingenious as it is simple. African drumming, buy djembe online, djembe, djembe lessons, djembe workshops, djembefola, drumming, mamady keita, world renowned master drummer. 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. 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. Mamady ijalit keita is not the mamady keita of fame.
Balandougou, siguiri prefecture, kankan region, guinea, august 1950 is a master drummer from the west african nation of guinea. Inspired by master djembefola, mamady keita, and designed for students and. He plays again with the djoliba ballet, where he worked for 22 years, and travels across the country to. Sometimes called the master of masters, mamady keita was born in 1950 in the small village of. 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. 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. The 1991 documentary djembefola by laurent chevallier depicts mamady keitas return to the village of his birth after a 26year absence. Sorsonet mamady keita download here you can download free mamady keita shared files. I think you should ideally combine these dvds with mamady keita s book of malinke rhythms, which shows drum and bell patterns. Also in 1991, mamady s life story was put on the big screen in an awardwinning documentary film titled djembefola, the man who makes the djembe speak. The film contains outstanding footage of rehearsals and performances by mamady and ballet djoliba, as well as heartwrenching scenes in balandugu as mamady is.
Nankama, wassolon 1989, mogobalu 1995 hamanah 1996 and afo 1998. Plus the wonderful introduction and background for each piece plays every time you select it. 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. Mamady keita definition by babylons free dictionary. Concurrently, i took my first workshop with mamady keita, the former lead drummer and musical. A story that is heard more than once in laurent chevaliers djembefola, a documentary portrait of the african master drummer mamady keita, tells. This dvd is ntsc, dvd9 format, suitable for standard north american dvd players. Famadi sako comes from guinea and is today one of the major djembefola. He is considered one of the worlds foremost djembe players. Djembefola, february 26, 2020 our tiny batch of 9 watched djembefola, master mamady keita s documentary portraying his journey as one.
Mamady keita the master of african drumming taalinc. In 1969, mamady again won the gold medal as the best djembefola award at the first panafrican festival in algiers. An uncommon destiny is what was predicted to mamady s mother when she asked what was to become her son. Mamady keita, guinean drummer, returns to guinea after several years in brussels. Mamady keita s recordings on the fonti musicali label. The moment of his music initiation at the age of 2 years old has been shown so beautifully in the legendary movie djembefola. The politics of representation and transmission in the. Join our community to share and learn about african music, in particular african drums and djembe percussion. Mamady keita was born in 1950 in balandougou, a village in wassolon, guinea. He first attracted notice as a soloist in the national ballets and since then has had an international.
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. City bum bum petit mamady keita, conakry 2015 facebook. David has studied with mamady and famoudou for 17 nov 2017. 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. Mamady keita was born in 1950 in balandugu, a small village in guinea, west africa, near the border of mali. He specializes in the gobletshaped hand drum called djembe. Filme uber zwei sehr unterschiedliche meistertrommler aus guinea. Djembefola, as the film is called, won several prizes even prior to its distribution. He is also the founder of the tam tam mandingue school of drumming. 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. Les genres du film comedie dramatique, documentaire. Mamady keita master djembefola djembe player youtube. Mamady keita documentary rare german tv documentary djembe brasil collection br we selltrade official mamady videos and many other rare west african videos.