Master Jembe Drummer Mamady Kourouma in Boston

11/02/2005 07:10AM

Contributed by: taube

Master drummer Mamady Kourouma will be teaching workshops December 2, 3 and 4 of 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). The workshops will be held at The Drum Connection. Click here for registration form. Registrations are also available by phone at 781-316-8068.

Mamady Kourouma, nicknamed 'Wadaba'—the Great Panther—for his powerful sound on the jembe, is known as a premier apprentice to the legendary Famoudou Konate of Les Ballets Africains de Guinea.

Wadaba was born into the ancient Malinke blacksmith/drummer lineage in the Sankaran region of Guinea, West Africa.
This will be his Boston-area debut. For complete information on this exciting and rare opportunity to be with Wadaba go to www.drumconnection.com.

[Photo courtesy of The Drum Connection].


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