2 January 2012: General rehearsal
5 January 2012: Concert at the National Museum in Bamako
The audience at the National Museum
Salif Diabate
Daniel Dambele (and Te Cherif Kouyaté)
Nansiramady Kouyate
Moustapha “Dadi” Kouyate, Bassekou Kouyate’s nephew
Moussa Kouyate
Rokia Kouyate
A young member of the audience
The dance of the Kouyate family of Niagassola
Daniel Dambele
Daniel Dambele performing with his older brother Baba Dambele
Inter-generational audience
Lassana Diabate coordinating the musicians “backstage”
Salif Diabaté performing with his teacher Boubacar Cissoko
Drumming and dancing with the children of the Diarra family
Ami and Saran Diabaté, granddaughters of the great singer Bako Dagnon
Singer Amy Sacko dances in the audience as her daughter Oumou and niece Salimata perform a song by Mah Bara Soumano (seen bottom left)
The concert continues after sunset…
…with the songs and dances of the Kouyate girls of Garana
Publicity for the event at the National Museum
Mme Fatou Toure, curator of the Jeudis Musicaux at the National Museum
All pictures by Lucy Durán and Geoff Baker
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