West African Dance in Boston: August 2007

Thursday, August 30, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Soul Music Festival on the River Saturday

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

 Party on the Charles River!!!
 First Annual Boston Summer Soul Festival 
This Saturday (9/01) All Day, All Night (1PM - 1AM)
at Marsh Post   5 Greenough Blvd , Cambridge, MA(Map)

Calling all soul sisters and brothers!  
Seed Recordings along with Adam Gibbons & Deep Boston bring you 
 The First Annual Boston  Summer Soul Festival. 
This outdoor all day,all night affair is featuring Local, 
National & International Talent. From Global Soul
Music to Spoken Word Poetry (see line-up below),  
Food, Dancing and Fun for the whole family to enjoy.
 Help make this officially kick off the long weekend, end the summer
and have you talking about it for the rest of the winter!!

 Admission: $5 before 5pm $10 After (Children Free before 8pm)
There will be Food, Alcoholic/Non-Alcoholic Beverages available  
all day and night. No Drinking in the Parking Lots. 
No Bring your own Beer policy, all alcoholic beverages 
to be purchased at the event.

Don't miss HBO's  Def Poetry Poet, Oveous Maximus,  and Alton Miller, 
Detroit's #1 soul/house dj.Alton Miller been a staple in the Detroit 
soulful house scene the past 20+ years.
 
Festival Lineup - Special Exclusive DJ Appearance by: 
11pm - 1am Alton Miller (R2 Records/Defected/ATAL Music)Detroit/Belgium 
9:30pm-11pm Seed Allstarz (Underground Garage Hits/Shack Music/Seed)Boston/NYC 
9pm - 9:30pm Oveous Maximus (Vega Records/HBO Def Poetry) NYC
8pm - 9pm Cruzz (28degrees/Seed/djcruzz.net)Boston 
7pm - 8pm  Adam Gibbons (Soul Revival/Deeper Love) Boston 
6pm - 7pm Kon (Kings of Diggin, bbe / Off Track Records) Boston 
5pm - 6pm Devine Soul  (NYC)
4pm - 5pm Enrique Florendo & Francesco Spagna (Deep Boston) Boston
1pm - 4pm Househead Pete (Utopia Sundays) Boston

Re: [Wadabo_updates] lacina coulibaly - contemporary african dance from=?ISO-8859-1?Q? burkina_?= f

Hey Erich,
I can do it. I think it will be fun and I think the world of him.
peace to you,
gen

wadabo_updates@wadabo.com writes:
>hello everyone -
>so great news! Lacina Coulibaly is back in town! he'll be working at
>yale until december, and he would love to come up to boston to teach
>some workshops. you all may remember him from his stay here in spring of
>2006.
>
>he is a wonderful high energy teacher, who teaches contemporary dance
>with a strong african flavor. think jean appolon, think seydou
>coulibaly. now think again.
>
>as some of you may know, i'm getting married in early october, so am
>waay crunched for time to organize workshops. if anyone is interested in
>organizing some workshops for lacina in september or october (or nov/dec
>for that matter), please get in touch via erichludwig (at) yahoo.com and
>i'll put you in touch with lacina and you can organize some workshops
>around the area. what i typically did was organize in exchange for a
>free class, and donate the flyers, so this is very much a volunteer
>assignment should you choose to take it on.
>
>if you need a visual reminder - there is a picture of lacina (aka lasso)
>on this page - http://wadabo.com/_wsn/workshops.html on the right
>towards the bottom.
>
>great experience to do this, and very good for the community to have
>such a great teacher around for a few months.
>thanks!
>erich
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>A full listing of regularly held West African Dance and Drum classes
>taught by master artists in and around Boston can be found at our website:
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>WADaBo is an entirely volunteer effort, if you would like to help out in
>anyway, please contact wadabo@gmail.com
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>the Diaspora
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Genevieve Hyacinthe
African Art
Jewett Art Center
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
ghyacint@wellesley.edu
617-308-2692

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A full listing of regularly held West African Dance and Drum classes taught by master artists in and around Boston can be found at our website:
www.wadabo.com
WADaBo is an entirely volunteer effort, if you would like to help out in anyway, please contact wadabo@gmail.com
WADaBo is a collective of individuals interested in promoting and enjoying Dance, Drum, Music, Language and Culture from West African and the Diaspora
If you would like to be removed from this list, or only contacted for certain events (performances, workshops, etc), please go to
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and subscribe to this list. Pass it on!

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] lacina coulibaly - contemporary african dance from burkina faso

hello everyone -
so great news! Lacina Coulibaly is back in town! he'll be working at
yale until december, and he would love to come up to boston to teach
some workshops. you all may remember him from his stay here in spring of
2006.

he is a wonderful high energy teacher, who teaches contemporary dance
with a strong african flavor. think jean appolon, think seydou
coulibaly. now think again.

as some of you may know, i'm getting married in early october, so am
waay crunched for time to organize workshops. if anyone is interested in
organizing some workshops for lacina in september or october (or nov/dec
for that matter), please get in touch via erichludwig (at) yahoo.com and
i'll put you in touch with lacina and you can organize some workshops
around the area. what i typically did was organize in exchange for a
free class, and donate the flyers, so this is very much a volunteer
assignment should you choose to take it on.

if you need a visual reminder - there is a picture of lacina (aka lasso)
on this page - http://wadabo.com/_wsn/workshops.html on the right
towards the bottom.

great experience to do this, and very good for the community to have
such a great teacher around for a few months.
thanks!
erich
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[Wadabo_updates] Deraldo Ferreira & Samba Tremeterra Friday @ Milkyway

Dear African Dance & Drum Community
Come and taste the flavor of Brazil...

Deraldo Ferreira with Samba Tremeterra:
Afro-Brazilian Music & Dance Party
Friday, August 31st @ The Milkyway Lounge
Music starts at 9:00pm, $10 cover.

The Milkyway Lounge is located at
403-5 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain.
Visit www.milywayjp.com for directions.

Visit www.bccne.org for more information
on Deraldo Ferreira & Samba Tremeterra.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Ousmane Sembene Film Series at Harvard

Hello everyone -
In our midst is this wonderful resource - Harvard. They are going to be
showing a whole series of films by the legendary Ousmane Sembene. See
you there.

*September 7th - 10th*

*HARVARD FILM ARCHIVES*

Ousmane Sembene – In Memoriam

A former bricklayer and soldier turned trade union organizer, Ousmane
Sembene is widely recognized today as one of the most prolific African
writers and film makers. But Sembene's significance moves beyond the
question of his productivity. He is celebrated today throughout Africa
and around the world as the first African creative artist with a
"virginal faith" in the redemptive and galvanizing power of art and as a
filmmaker who used the barrel of the camera to restore the African
self-image.

The recipient of many honors throughout his career, Ousmane Sembene, who
died in June at 84, will leave his mark on world cultural history as one
of the most talented storytellers of his time and as a rare and solitary
African revolutionary who understood the political nature of narratives,
their power in shaping our past, our present, and our future. He devoted
his life to giving voice to a voiceless continent through the production
of narratives countering dominant, hegemonic discourses (political and
religious) of the African Islamic and postcolonial elite. Sembene wrote
books and made films not for profit but for man's sake because he
believes man is culture. -- Samba Gadjigo, Professor of French, Mount
Holyoke College

LOCATION: Harvard Film Archives, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St. Cambridge

INFORMATION: 617 495-4700 or http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/general_info.html
Tickets: $8 - Regular Admission $6 - Students, Harvard Faculty & Staff,
Senior Citizens

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Introduced by Samba Gadjigo
Friday September 7 at 7 pm

Mooladé

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal/France/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/Morocco/Tunisia 2004, 35mm, color,
120 min.
With Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Héléne Diarra, Salimata Traoré
Bambara and French with English subtitles

Winner of the 2004 Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes, Sembene's last
film delivers an open attack on the tradition of female circumcision
still practiced in Muslim and Christian communities in East and West
Africa. A wonderful testament to Sembene's belief in the cinema as the
most effective means of social change in Africa, /Mooladé/ describes the
brutal impact of circumcision on adolescent subjects and the
ostracisation suffered by the mothers and fathers who resist the violent
practice. /Mooladé/ was intended to be the second film in a trilogy
designed to honor the lives of African women, who Sembene referred to as
the "heroines of everyday life."

The Making of Mooladé

Directed by Samba Gadjigo, Appearing in Person
USA 2006, video, color, 20 min.

This documentary captures Sembene, at the ripe age of 79, working 12
hour days in a remote African village where midday temperatures usually
exceeded 100 degrees. Actors, production personnel, camera assistants,
and others connected with the film describe the challenges presented by
the scarcity of funding and the difficulties of shooting on location.

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Friday September 7 at 9:30 pm

Borom Sarret

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal, 1964, b/w, 19 min.
With Abdoulaye Ly
French with English subtitles

Sembene's first film, /Borom Sarret/ ("cart owner") chronicles a day in
the life of a beleaguered horse-cart driver in Dakar. In spite of the
material limitations of the production - if not because of the
challenges they posed - /Borom Sarret/ manages to create a powerful
social statement as it combines simple means with complex observations
on bureaucracy, religion, and the anonymity of the modern city.
Compressing his narrative into a mere nineteen minutes, Sembene conveys
the condition of Senegal's urban poor as he situates their experience in
the larger social panorama of post-independence Africa.

Black Girl

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1965, 35mm, b/w, 65 min.
With Thérèse M'bissine Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine
French with English subtitles

Regarded as the first major film in the evolution of African cinema,
/Black Girl/ chronicles the bitter and unambiguous story of a young
Senegalese woman who is hired on the "maid market" in Dakar and taken to
the Riviera by her white French employers. Under conditions that Sembene
saw as a new form of slavery, she falls into the ultimate despair of
isolation and invisibility. Inspired by a news story, the film made a
profound impression at international film festivals in 1966. The first
work by a sub-Saharan black director to have been seen outside the
continent, /Black Girl/ represents the essential first step in Sembene's
self-described project to counter the "neocolonialism [that] is passed
on culturally through the cinema."

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Saturday September 8 at 7 pm

Xala

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1974, 35mm, color, 123 min.
With Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Miriam Niang
Wolof and French with English subtitles

Zeroing in on the myth of African independence and on the capitulation
to white colonial policies by newly empowered black African leaders,
this savage and funny satire deals with a self-satisfied,
half-Westernized black businessman who is suddenly struck down by the
xala: a curse that renders its victim impotent. While he desperately
chases after witch doctors and soothsayers in search of a cure, the
character's condition becomes a mirror of the impotence of young African
nations that are over-dependent on white technology and bureaucratic
structures.

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Saturday September 8 at 9:15 pm

Mandabi

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1968, 35mm, color, 90 min.
With Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N'diaye, Isseu Niang
Wolof with English subtitles

Sembene's first comedy, his first film in color, and first work in Wolof
- the language spoken by most of the population of Senegal - /Mandabi
/is the deceptively simple story of a man whose initial good fortune
leads to encounters with an intimidating barrage of Third World
bureaucracy. The film, which consists of a series of comic mishaps
involving Dieng's futile attempts to get an identity card so he can cash
his check, takes the viewer on a journey with corrupt government
officials and impoverished members of Dakar's proletariat. /Mandabi/ was
seen as a betrayal by many in the newly independent Senegal. The fact
that the film was a comedy did not spare Sembene's film from attacks in
the press.

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Sunday September 9 at 3 pm

Camp De Thiaroye

Directed by Ousmane Sembene and Thierno Faty Sow
Senegal 1987, 35mm, color, 152 min.
With Iprahima Sane, Sijiri Bakaba
Wolof and French with English subtitles

In 1944, the French army massacred several units of West African
conscripts recently returned from the battlefields of Europe. Sembene,
who had been drafted into the French army that same year, knew of this
event and in 1998 used it as the basis for his sixth feature film. What
was essentially a demand by African veterans that they be paid the same
wages as their French counterparts led to an attack on soldiers who had
only recently been fighting the Nazis in Italy and Germany. In 1944, the
French colonial authorities viewed returning African veterans as second
class citizens and because the colonial administration was financially
bankrupt, found it convenient to refuse their demands. The resulting
mutiny by the veterans of Camp Thiaroye led to a full scale artillery
attack on the camp.

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Sunday September 9 at 7 pm

Ceddo (aka The Outsiders)

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1977, 35mm, color, 120 min.
With Tabara N'diaye, Ismaila Diagne, Moustapha Yade
Wolof with English subtitles

Banned in Senegal on an absurd technicality, /Ceddo/, Sembene's most
ambitious film, uses the story of a beautiful princess's kidnapping to
examine the confrontation between opposing cultural forces: Muslim
expansion, Christianity, and the slave trade. The "Ceddo" - or feudal
class of common people - cling desperately to their customs and their
fetishistic religion amidst the impending changes. Nominally set in the
nineteenth century, /Ceddo/ ranges far and wide to include philosophy,
fantasy, militant politics, and a couple of electrifying leaps across
the centuries to evoke the whole of the African experience.

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Sunday September 9 at 9:15 pm

Emitai

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1971, 35mm, color, 101 min.
With Ibou Camara, Ousrnane Camara, Joseph Diatta
Diola and French with English subtitles

Sembene's third film launched his international reputation, reaching an
audience far beyond Senegal's Diola community, to whom he had directly
addressed the film. /Emitai/ takes place in the period at the end of the
World War II, as West African veterans are returning to their homes in
the French colonies. General De Gaulle, the hero of the trench
resistance, is now the leader of the newly liberated France, yet forced
conscriptions and massacres of Diola villages continue, some of them led
by former members of France's Vichy government. With /Emitai/, Sembene
realized his statement "film should be a school of history." When the
film was released in 1971, it was immediately banned in Senegal, and
throughout Africa.

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Monday September 10 at 7 pm

Faat-Kiné

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 2000, 35mm, color, 118 min.
With Venus Seye, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Tabara N'diaye
Wolof and French with English subtitles

Faat-Kiné, the manager of a sparkling new gas station, drives an elegant
car, lunches with fashionably dressed friends, and worries about her
children passing their high school finals. But Sembene contextualizes
his heroine's thoroughly modern triumphs and anxieties within the
complex culture and politics of Dakar, with its contrastive architecture
of shantytowns and high-rises, streets crowded with cattle and Mercedes,
and women whose lives have been shaped as much by tribal custom and male
prejudice as by their twenty-first century aspirations. As it examines
the changing roles of women in Senegalese society, /Faat-Kiné/ opens
onto a new chapter in the career of this legendary director.

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Monday September 10 at 9:15 pm

Guelwaar

Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Senegal 1993, 35mm, color, 115 min.
With Thierno N'diaye, Ndiawar Diop, Myriam Niang
French and Wolof with English subtitles

When the body of Guelwaar ("the noble one"), a political activist,
philanderer, and pillar of the Christian community, is mistakenly buried
in a Muslim cemetery, the result is a perfect storm of bureaucratic red
tape, family disputes, and religious conflict. As usual with Sembene,
/Guelwaar /is many films in one: black comedy, political allegory,
social satire, family drama, and, at the end, thunderous indictment of
the twin evils of homegrown African corruption and neocolonial Western aid.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] PROVIDENCE CLASSES update

Hi all,

NO CLASSES THIS WEEK OR NEXT. Issa is away.

Classes will resume Sept 9.

JOH CAMARA will be teaching dance!

Classes will be earlier -- LIKELY 11AM drumming, 12PM dance. I will
confirm times via another email post!

Jori
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Joh Camara Friday Class IS Happening

Good news everyone. Even though the Dance Complex is now closed until
Tuesday, September 4th, Joh Camara will keep teaching his normal
schedule at the Boys & Girls Club.

Joh Camara's Friday Class at the Cambridge Boys & Girls Club IS
happening this week as normal.
6:30 - 8 pm
Boys & Girls Club of Middlesex County
119 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

Also his Monday classes will continue as normal.
6-7:30pm - Djembe Drum w/Joh Camara @ Boys & Girls Club
7:30 - 9:00pm African w/ Joh Camara (Mali) @ Boys & Girls Club

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Lamine Toure & Group Saloum Friday, August 17th

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
...back from Montreal, Burlington, and  New York City...


 LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM
 
 return to the LIZARD LOUNGE
 FRIDAY, August 17 at 10:00 pm

  1667 Mass Ave in Cambridge,
 between Harvard & Porter Sq

          21+  |  $10

      with  KAY HANLEY of 
        Letters to Cleo 
           @ 8:00 pm


Don't have the new LIVE CD yet?
NO WORRIES! Four tracks, live!! 
On sale at the show this Friday



Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck
 (sabar), Moha Seck (sabar),  Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar),
 Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Walid
 Zairi (bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah
 Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing vocals), 
 John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone).

For more info, visit 

http://www.laminetoure.com or 
 http://www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

Monday, August 13, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] LAST classes of 2 Afro-Contemporary series THIS WEEK...

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

This week marks the end of two
wonderful Afro-Contemporary dance workshop series
at the Dance Complex -
Don't miss the conclusion of these wonderful classes:

Tuesday, August 14th
Afro-Contemporary with Pape N'Diaye
6:00-7:30pm, $15

Saturday, August 18th
Afro-Contemporary with Melissa Alexis
3:00-4:30pm, $12

536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Central Sq. stop on the Redline

[Wadabo_updates] Bintou Konate & Marie Cisse teach at YWCA during DC closure...

Dear African Drum and Dance Community,

During the Dance Complex closure (August 20-Sept. 3)
Fatou N 'Diaye's daughters,
Bintou and Marie Cisse will teach
two consecutive Saturdays at the Cambridge YWCA!

Save the dates:

August 25, 2007 - 4:30-6pm

September 1, 2007 - 4:30-6pm

Cost:

$12/class

Location:

YWCA of Cambridge

7 Temple Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

Directions:

Take the Redline T to Central Square.

The Cambridge YWCA is one block west of Prospect St.

between Massachusetts Ave. and Bishop Allen St.

[Wadabo_updates] Boubacar Diabate & Samba Lolo - TONIGHT & FRIDAY

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

Boubacar Diabate & Samba Lolo
PLAY LIVE 2 TIMES THIS WEEK
Monday at the Midway
Friday at Matt Murphy's Pub

1 - AT THE MIDWAY CAFE IN JP
TONIGHT- MONDAY, AUGUST 13TH
Music starts @ 10pm
Located at 3496 Washington Street in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston.
Click here for Google Map and driving directions

YOU CAN SEE BOUBACAR & SAMBA LOLO EVERY MONDAY NIGHT @ THE MIDWAY!

2 - AT MATT MURPHY'S PUB IN BROOKLINE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TH
No cover, music starts @ 10pm, food served until 10pm.
Matt Murphy's Pub is located at 14 Harvard Street, Brookline Village, Brookline MA.
www.MattMurphyspub.com

The Sounds of Mali, West Africa with Samba Lolo featuring Boubacar Diabate West African Griot Music from Mali. Griot singer, guitarist, songwriter and storyteller Boubacar Diabate from Bamako, Mali comes from the Mandinka lineage and has combined traditional rhythms with modern influences to create his own style of contemporary Malian Griot music presenting his own compositions and arrangements, singing and playing guitar with his group, Samba Lolo. Singing in Bambara, Boubacar and Samba Lolo create a performance that spans the full spectrum of Traditional to Contemporary Malian music from West Africa. Bouba sings of a common shared experience of love, life and humanity, giving all an opportunity to hear the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling through song. Visit: sambalolo.com

Sunday, August 12, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] PROVIDENCE classes

hi providence folks,

there IS class today and this month as far as i understand -- i am in israel and have had a hard time getting information from here to email out. a more specific email will go out very soon with further details. apologies for the lack of communication, i have not been on email much the last few weeks!

jori

Friday, August 10, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Performance & Potluck Sunday - Marianne Harkless

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

Please come and enjoy:
Performance & Potluck Picnic
Sunday August 12th, 2-5pm
Performance times at 2:30 & 3:30

Featuring the choreography of
Marianne Harkless

Join us! Marianne Harkless' Afro-Jazz Repertory Class
is performing something NEW from Marianne,
one dance piece, especially choreographed for this event.
This performance is the culmination of a 5-week series at the
Dance Complex, featuring the talented dancers from the class.

Bring some food or refreshments to share and a chair or blanket.
At the park across from the Charles River
on the corner of JFK St. & Memorial Drive
just outside of Harvard Square, Cambridge
Please note, Memorial Drive is closed to traffic on Sundays.
Take the Redline to Harvard Square and walk down JKF St.
to Memorial Dive. The Performance will be on the right-hand side.

See you all there!

[Wadabo_updates] Drum with Alisko Diabate TONIGHT!

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
Don't miss 3 days of workshops
with one of Guinea's most talented drum artists!

SambaLolo presents
Doundoun workshops THIS WEEKEND with
Alisko Diabate, master doundoun & sangban player:
Friday, August 10, 7:30-9:30pm
Saturday, & Sunday, August 11 & 12, 3:00-5:00pm
$35/class
Davis Sq. Studios - 256 Elm Street, Davis Sq., Somerville

Visit www.SambaLolo.net for flyer.
For information & registration please contact 617.510.1489.

Alisko Diabate Bio:

Born in Conakray, the capital of Guinea West Africa, Alisko Diabate comes from

a Djeli family. In West African culture, the Djeli are the keepers of

history, storytellers, musicians, and praise singers: reminding people

of their ancestors' powerful past in order to inspire those living in

the present. Alisko is a master Doundoun and sangban player. He has

toured internationally and played with Les Ballets Africains, Les

Merveilles d'Afrique, and Ballets Soleil. He immigrated to the United

States in 1995 with the award winning Les Ballets Merveilles under the

directorship of Kemoko Sano, renowned Les Ballets Africains

Choreographer and Artistic Director. Alisko continues to travel

throughout the United States and Canada performing,

teaching workshops and master classes.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Boubacar Diabate & Samba Lolo Plays TONIGHT at Ryles Jazz Club

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

Boubacar Diabate & Samba Lolo
PLAY LIVE TONIGHT!!
AT RYLES JAZZ CLUB

Samba Lolo w/ Esthema, $10 COVER, presented every Wednesday by Medici Musica!
212 Hampshire Street, Inman Square, Cambridge MA - www.RylesJazz.com

*Special Double Bill*

8:00PM - Esthema
9:30pm - Samba Lolo:

The Sounds of Mali, West Africa with Samba Lolo featuring Boubacar Diabate West African Griot Music from Mali. Griot singer, guitarist, songwriter and storyteller Boubacar Diabate from Bamako, Mali comes from the Mandinka lineage and has combined traditional rhythms with modern influences to create his own style of contemporary Malian Griot music presenting his own compositions and arrangements, singing and playing guitar with his group, Samba Lolo. Singing in Bambara, Boubacar and Samba Lolo create a performance that spans the full spectrum of Traditional to Contemporary Malian music from West Africa. Bouba sings of a common shared experience of love, life and humanity, giving all an opportunity to hear the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling through song. Visit: sambalolo.com


dining 5pm-11pm \| show 8:00 pm \| genre world \| venue mainstage \| tix available \| cost $10pp

UPCOMING SHOWS:

AT THE MIDWAY CAFE IN JP
MONDAY August 13TH
Music starts @ 10pm
Located at 3496 Washington Street in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston.
Click here for Google Map and driving directions

YOU CAN SEE BOUBACAR & SAMBA LOLO EVERY MONDAY NIGHT @ THE MIDWAY!

At Matt Murphy's Pub, Brookline
Friday, August 17th

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] African Contemporary Dance with Pape N'Diaye

Greetings African Dance & Drum Community!

Only 2 weeks left in the African Contemporary Dance Workshop Series with Pape N'Diaye this summer at the Dance Complex! It is not to late to start! Classes are Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm June 26-August 14, 2007. Please visit www.papendiaye.com for more details!

About Pape N'Diaye:

Pape N'Diaye is a master artist who has trained and performed in numerous African contemporary dance companies in Senegal , including Kay Fecc, Jant-Bi, Manhattan Dance School , and Cenquihme Dimension. He has also contributed to various works in Boston including his most recent contemporary dance performance, Denizen, a Kinodance Company production. Also from the National Ballet of Senegal, Pape N'Diaye has an infectious energy that he exudes weekly in his traditional West African dance classes in Boston . Do not miss this rare opportunity to experience his unique contemporary dance style as he infuses his smooth African dance moves in this amazing summer workshop series! More about Pape N'Diaye at www.papendiaye.com!

Dance Complex

536 Massachusetts Ave.

Cambridge , MA 02139

www.dancecomplex.org

Also, Pape N'Diaye holds traditional African dance classes every FRIDAY and SUNDAY in Central Square - Cambridge , MA . The classes are for all ages and levels (beginning to advanced).

DJEMBE DANCE

Fridays 7:30-9:00pm

SABAR DANCE

Sundays 6:00-7:30pm

at YWCA of Cambridge

7 Temple Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

Take the Redline T to Central Square.

The Cambridge YWCA is one block west of Prospect St.

between Massachusetts Ave. and Bishop Allen St.

If you have questions, feel free to respond to this email, or call 323-684-8298.

Jéréjëf

Pape N'Diaye

www.papendiaye.com

ndiayeartiste@yahoo.com

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