Zal Sissokho + Fabrice Koffy
February 07, 2012 - 09:00 PM
514-845-5447
Description of the concert:
TD presents Nuits d'Afrique... aux rythmes d'hier à aujourd'hui
6 nights of shows
from February 2 to 10, 2012
Zal Sissokho + Fabrice Koffy
From the griot to Slam!
Zal Sissokho will present us a new concert inspired by his new album “Partage!”. Food, knowledge, our planet……We have forever known we have to share. Zal Sissokho, a Senegalese griot will share his music with us, joined by his very special guest: Fabrice Koffy, a slamer and writer from Ivory Coast.
Between word and song, this evening will relate the history of oral tradition.
FREE ADMISSION
Zal Idrissa Sissokho (Senegal, Quebec)
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Biography of the artist:
One of his ancestors was the first kora player in history, and his brother, Younoussa, became the first griot to settle in Quebec, in the 1980s. In Senegal, the Sissokho family are among the greatest representatives of the griots, who have conveyed the history of the Mandinka people orally for centuries. In short, Zal Idrissa Sissokho was predestined to sing and play the kora.Born in Senegal, ...
