Growing into Music: pictures from Mali and Cuba

Mali. Salif Diabaté with his kora teacher Boubacar Cissoko

Cuba. Kevin Dedeu with his father Amado Dedeu

Mali. 7-year-old Daniel Dembele with his 1-year-old cousin Batoma

Cuba. Yuniscleivys and Wendy (Ramos family) watching Geoff’s film footage

Mali. Dance game. Girls from the Kouyaté family of Garana

Cuba. Moddeya y sus Raices (Pérez family)

Mali. Rokia Kouyaté and her family

Cuba. Kevin Pérez Álvarez on the tumbadora

Guinea. Nansiramady Kouyaté playing the balafon in Niagassola

Cuba – Alex Suárez and his father René

Mali. Playing at a sumu (wedding party) in Bamako

Cuba. Kevin Dedeu

Mali. The youth group Mande kids in Bamako

Cuba. The Pérez family and the group Moddeya y sus Raices in Matanzas

Mali. A Sansene (sowing ceremony) in the village of Golobladji

Cuba. Geoff Baker with the Dedeu family in Havana

Mali. Singer Bako Dagnon with her two granddaughters

Cuba. Daniel (on the left) from the group Los Güiros de San Cristóbal in Regla

Mali. Kids from the family of Bassekou Kouyaté in Bamako

Cuba. The community project “Patio de Tata Güines”

Mali. Thierré Diarra playing the djembe

Cuba. Kevin Pérez Álvarez, the grandson of Adalberto Álvarez of the leading salsa group Adalberto Álvarez y su Son

Guinea. Master balafon player from the Niagassola village with his sons and grandsons

Cuba. The Ramos family in Matanzas