CANCELED | Music of West Africa with Famoro Dioubate & Yacuba Sissoko

Two men wearing traditional African dress play the balafon and the kora

Wednesday, Apr 15 2020, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Deane Carriage Barn
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Carriage Barn Concert Series—Spring 2020

Wednesday, Apr 15 2020 7:30 PM Wednesday, Apr 15 2020 9:00 PM America/New_York CANCELED | Music of West Africa with Famoro Dioubate & Yacuba Sissoko CANCELED Deane Carriage Barn Bennington College

CANCELED | Enjoy the music of West Africa—from Guinea, Mali, Senegal and beyond—in this performance featuring balafon master Famoro Dioubate and kora master Yacuba Sissoko. The balafon is a West African xylophone with rosewood keys mounted on a bamboo frame over gourd resonators. The kora is 21 stringed Mandinka harp made from a large calabash covered with cow skin. The concert will also include Bennington faculty Bruce Williamson on saxophone and Michael Wimberly on percussion. Come ready to dance!

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