AfroRhythms - Danse & percussions africaines / African dance & percussion

Schedule

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023 at 06:30 pm to Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

River Grove Community Centre | Mississauga, ON

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Danse et percussions avec le Griot & Master Drummer Amadou kienou / Dance and percussion with Griot & Master Drummer Amadou kienou
About this Event

Le maître percussioniste Amadou Kienou est originaire de Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso, en Afrique de l’Ouest, qui faisait autrefois partie du vaste empire mandingue. Descendant du peuple Dafin, Amadou a été initié comme djeli ou griot (historien oral), faisant partie d’une longue lignée de griots dont le rôle est de préserver et de transmettre l’histoire, la culture et les valeurs de leur peuple.Aujourd’hui, en alliant le traditionnel au contemporain, Amadou enchante le public international avec son expression polyrythmique unique des émotions et des souvenirs.Le djembé est l’instrument principal d’Amadou. Comme il le décrit, “le djembé est plus qu’un instrument de musique ; c’est une extension du musicien à travers laquelle il exprime sa vie, ses émotions”. La maîtrise du djembé exige une vie entière de discipline et de dévouement, ainsi que les conseils d’un maître du djembé, fournis, dans le cas d’Amadou, principalement par son père, le regretté et vénéré Baba Kienou. Amadou joue de plusieurs autres instruments traditionnels africains – les dunduns, le n’goni et le tama, sans oublier la guitare et la batterie occidentales.

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Master drummer Amadou Kienou hails from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, once part of the vast ancient Mandingo Empire. A descendant of the Dafin people, Amadou was initiated as a djeli or griot (an oral historian), one of a long line of griots whose role is to preserve and transmit their people’s history, culture, and values.Nowadays, bringing the traditional to the contemporary, Amadou delights international audiences with his unique polyrhythmic expression of emotions and memories.The djembe is Amadou’s principal instrument. As he describes it, “the djembe is more than a musical instrument; it is an extension of the musician through which he expresses his life, his emotions.” Mastery of the djembe requires a lifetime of discipline and dedication, and the guidance of a djembe master, provided, in Amadou’s case, primarily by his father, the late revered Baba Kienou. Amadou plays several other traditional African instruments – the dunduns, the n’goni, and the tama, not to mention the Western guitar and drum set.


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River Grove Community Centre, 5800 River Grove Avenue, Mississauga, Canada

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