N’famady Kouyaté is our artistic director and an energetic master musician from Guinea, West Africa. Malinké in origin, born into a griot/djeli family; where the djeli have hereditary responsibility for preserving traditional Mandingue culture through the sharing of ancient rhythms, songs, and stories. N’famady is a master balafonist, singer, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of Les Héritiers du Mandingue (a traditional Mandingue-modern fusion group in Guinea). N’famady is now resident in Cardiff, Wales, and has been working on a number of solo and collaborative musical projects, as well as leading participatory music workshops.
For traditional performances and workshops N’famady can be booked via The Successors of the Mandingue above, however for his modern indie/rock fusion band please go to nfamady.com for more information.