Moussa "Bolokada" Conde is a

master drummer In African drumming, the title of master drummer is given to a drummer who is well known by other masters for their high skill and knowledge. It is a title passed down from a master to their pupil, after they have learned all there is to know abou ...

from

Kissidougou Kissidougou ( N’ko: ߞߛߌ߬ߘߎ߯; pronounced like Kiss-eh-dow-goo) is a city in southern Guinea. It is the capital of in the Kissidougou Prefecture. Following intensified conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia during the fall and winter of ...

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, an expert of Malinke or Mandinka rhythms, and one of the world's foremost

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

folas. He joined the Les Percussions de Guinée to replace the legendary Noumoudy Keïta as their lead drummer. He has traveled and performed in major venues all over the world since 1996 and was featured in the IMAX movie ''PULSE: a Stomp Odyssey.'' Since 2004, he has been performing and teaching in the United States. He has conducted percussion workshops in many cities in the US and Europe. He has released two musical CD's, ''Morowaya'' and ''Sankaran''. He stars in the DVD ''M'bemba Fakoli: A Musical Journey Through Guinea'' and has released the djembe instructional DVD ''M'bara''. He is the subject of an upcoming documentary, ''Bolokada Conde—Malinke Village Djembefola''. He was awarded immigrant status as an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts in 2007. He was Artist Associate at the Robert E. Brown Center For World Music at the

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, having previously been a visiting lecturer from 2008 to 2011. He is also the musical director and lead soloist of ''Ballet Waraba'' in

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, ''Ballet Wassa-Wassa'' in

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, California, and ''Les Percussion Malinke'' in the

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area.

External links

Official site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conde, Bolokada African drummers Master drummers Guinean musicians Living people Guinean emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people)