Saturday 16:00-16:30
N鈥檉amady Kouyat茅 is an artist/musician from Guinea, West Africa. Malink茅 in origin and born into a griot/djeli family 鈥� the hereditary tradition where djeli have responsibility for preserving traditional Mandingue culture by sharing ancient rhythms, songs, and stories. As an infant he learned balafon (a traditional wooden xylophone), and went on to djembe and drumming in the ballet groups of Conakry (Guinea鈥檚 capital), later joining theatre and orchestral groups for festival tours across Africa. N鈥檉amady is a master balafonist, singer, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Les H茅ritiers du Mandingue (tradi-modern group) 鈥� now The Successors of the Mandingue in Wales.
Saturday 16:00-16:30
N鈥檉amady Kouyat茅 is an artist/musician from Guinea, West Africa. Malink茅 in origin and born into a griot/djeli family 鈥� the hereditary tradition where djeli have responsibility for preserving traditional Mandingue culture by sharing ancient rhythms, songs, and stories. As an infant he learned balafon (a traditional wooden xylophone), and went on to djembe and drumming in the ballet groups of Conakry (Guinea鈥檚 capital), later joining theatre and orchestral groups for festival tours across Africa. N鈥檉amady is a master balafonist, singer, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Les H茅ritiers du Mandingue (tradi-modern group) 鈥� now The Successors of the Mandingue in Wales.