Famoudou Konaté, mes respects ! Mamady Keita, que la terre de nos ancêtres te soit légère ! Sylvie Krunewald, Rainer Dorrer, Ralle Domonick, Benno Klandt ( Bonn) bonjour à vous depuis Bonn. J'étais avec Benno en 1988 en stage chez Famoudou Konaté à Gbesia, Simbaya et Kouroussa en Guinée Conakry. Merci pour tout l'amour. Samsom de Bonn.
Mamadi Keita est un virtuose dans l'art du Djembé, un don de la nature et un orfèvre dans la rythmique, un grand maître dans la gestuelle et les expressions corporelles et faciales. Repose en Paix grand Promoteur du folklore Guineen à travers le monde. Mission Accomplie!
Just found this only days after learning of Mamady's death on the Solstice June 21 2021. Seeing and hearing this helps me feel so much better about his passing. Thanks for this post!
Un Mamady en feu !!! C'était avant que la vague Djembé submerge la France !! On croirait une session organisée autour d'un feu avec les potes, roulage de bedos, binouzes ...sauf que la tu as des maîtres aux manettes ! Excellent d'authenticité !
This video was shot by Michel Weelen in Simbaya in 86/87 The Europeen people behind are Ralle Dominick And Rainer Dorrer The female player is Sylvie Krunéwald All Musicians and first Famodou’s students
Mamady Keita ( rip) on solo Famoudou Konaté on solo Daouda on Doumdoum. Great time! Sylvie Kronewald the female drummer. Rainier Dorer, Ralle Domonick all from Germany . Later Beno Klandt from Bonn joined the group and myself Samsom from Bonn . I went to Guinée in Gbesia where Famoudou had a compound and in Simbaya as well. Later on I spent about 2 months in Kouroussa the village of Famoudou. Grand Sambou and Petit Sambou were the Lenké Djémbé maker. Beno and myself played in different villages around Kouroussa. All my gratitude for these masters.
wow! the video must be made in the 80s... i see there late silvie kronewald, and late rainer dörrer... who is the blond man behind? famoudou still very young!
Thanks for posting this video! It must have been made between 1985 and 1988 in Conakry / Guinea, probably in the Simbaya district near the house of Famoudou Konate. The whites in the background are Germans. They invited Famoudou and his musicians to Germany from around the mid-1980s and also gave lessons themselves. That was the starting shot for the spread and popularity of the djembe in Germany (and beyond?) Nicolas, may I ask where you got the video from ?
