Troupe Djeliguinet tour

Sat 6 Aug 2022 - Sun 11 Sep 2022

 

This August/September – the amazing Troupe Djeliguinet is coming to Wales and will be performing and delivering workshops during a six week period as part of our partnership project Dathliad Cymru-Affrica. Confirmed dates so far include:

AUGUST

6th Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Tregaron – eisteddfod.wales

11th The Welfare, Ystradgynlais – thewelfare.co.uk

16th & 17th Green Man Festival (workshops) – greenman.net

21st Café bar, Grand Pavillion, Porthcawl (small ensemble)

27th Ara Deg, Bethesda – neuaddogwen.com/en/

28th Pride Cymru (workshop)

29th Butetown Carnival, Cardiff

SEPTEMBER

3rd Celtic Deaf Festival (workshops) – celticdeaffestival.com

*  more dates to follow – watch this space…….!

 

Fatoumata Kouyaté (known internationally as the artist Djeliguinet) leads the group Troupe Djeliguinet.  Djeliguinet is a renowned Guinean singer-songwriter, and has wowed festivals all over Africa and around the world.  ‘Djeliguinet’ means griot-woman in the Susu and Malinké languages of West Africa.  Fatoumata Djeliguinet is a woman overflowing with energy and skill in traditional instruments such as the balafon, djembe, kora, krin, and bolon.
At a very young age she learned her craft at her father’s (Ousmane Kouyaté, balafon master) side, and grew up immersed in ancient musical tradition forming her own unparalleled musical versatility and artistic ingenuity.  In turn she has passed this most precious heritage to her eight children (five daughters and three sons), with whom she shares the stage and her passion for traditional instruments.  Djeliguinet’s determination and talent has seen her ascend to be a respected artist in the male dominated music scene of West Africa, breaking barriers and shattering stereotypes, paving the way for her all-woman family super-group Djeliguinet et ses Enfants (Djeliguinet and her children) featuring her sister and four of her daughters.

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