The Successors of the Mandingue are an impressive band – each masters of their craft, featuring traditional West African instrumentation, infectious rhythms, explosive dance moves, and mesmerising melodies. These standard bearers of authentic Mandinka culture share their heritage through joyful performances that will get everyone moving.
For Dathliad Cymru-Affrica 2023 a special collaboration has been commissioned between N’famady Kouyaté (Artistic Director of The Successors of the Mandingue) and Eve Goodman to bring the folk traditions of West Africa and Wales together in a single piece, celebrating the ancient cultural traditions and languages of their countries of origin. N’famady and Eve first met when they both represented Wales at Celtic Connections 2022 in Glasgow and we are so excited to see the work they have created – check out the video below to see the result.