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A boat is safe in the harbor ….

Szavanna July 15th, 2009

Photo by Kari from peregrinebynature.com

Photo by Kari from peregrinebynature.com

A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

Paulo Coelho

Jam Sahel

Szavanna December 29th, 2008

Wow what a mix…..

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5r-j3RfVbM

Kora jazz trio

Szavanna December 19th, 2008

hmmm this is very nice ….

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upd1pYtNUg4

Aumar Pulho Sow

Szavanna December 17th, 2008

Hmm Fulani reggae vibezzz …. and if you are in the reggae mood - you can check the other reggae tunes I posted so far. Nothin like reggae music :)

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP9qyk2QMak

l’Empéreur du Yéla

Szavanna December 17th, 2008

The kora has a world of its own ….

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsKdvG3nu4

Laare (the loved one)

Szavanna December 17th, 2008

Wollahi - amazing sounds - I could listen to it for hours …. :)

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jel3acyVKBo

I have no tiredness

Szavanna December 16th, 2008

“I have no tiredness. You must do it slow-slow. You not a beggar are, me not a seasonal-lake of money am.”

Ishtar speaking English in Hausa or hm Hausa in English :)
Slow-slow - reminds me of the South African now-now which we use here - having sooo many languages and cultures in one place - South Africa is really a language heaven - English, Zulu, Tswana, Portuguese, Afrikaans are just some of the languages I hear everyday - and then there are others - you really do have the whole world in one country here - amazing how many different ways people say the same things :)

Mansour Seck - Yango

Szavanna December 15th, 2008

About Mansour Seck from the Wikipedia :

Seck was born into the Griot caste, traditionally of low status and associated with singing, story telling and playing musical instruments. From childhood, Seck has been a close friend of Baaba Maal, and in 1977 the two musicians travelled to explore the musical traditions of Mauritania and Mali.

Maal went to study Music in Dakar, and in 1982, he received a scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Once established there Maal invited Seck and two other musicians to join him. They formed a band which became known as Dande Lenol (The People’s Voice) and played mainly to the Senegalese immigrant communities of Paris. The album “Djaam Leeli” (1984) is from this early time together. As their confidence grew, they toured in the US together with Seck’s first solo release coming in 1994.

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBHPfuM3uFY

Baba Maal en cervantino 2007

Mango Groove-Nice To See You

Szavanna December 8th, 2008

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16XfUk-71E

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