January 2nd. General rehearsal.
January 5th. Concert at the National Museum in Bamako
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- The audience at the National Museum
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- Salif Diabate
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- Daniel Dambele (and Te Cherif Kouyaté)
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- Nansiramady Kouyate
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- Moussa Kouyate
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- Moustapha “Dadi” Kouyate, Bassekou Kouyate’s nephew
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- Rokia Kouyate
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- A young member of the audience
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- The dance of the Kouyate family of Niagassola
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- Daniel Dambele
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- Daniel Dambele performing with his older brother Baba Dambele
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- Inter-generational audience
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- Salif Diabaté performing with his teacher Boubacar Cissoko
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- Lassana Diabate coordinating the musicians “backstage”
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- Drumming and dancing with the children of the Diarra family
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- Ami and Saran Diabaté, granddaughters of the great singer Bako Dagnon
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- Singer Amy Sacko dances in the audience as her daughter Oumou and niece Salimata perform a song by Mah Bara Soumano (seen bottom left)
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- The concert continues after sunset…
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- …with the songs and dances of the Kouyate girls of Garana
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- Publicity for the event at the National Museum
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- Mme Fatou Toure, curator of the Jeudis Musicaux at the National Museum
All pictures by Lucy Durán and Geoff Baker
