Folk Bands and Artists
Dudu Kouaté
Berlin
Born in Senegal in 1963 into a family of griots, known for being the conservators of the African cultural and musical tradition. After his humanistic studies in his country he left for Europe. Dudu currently lives in Bergamo, Italy where he has been teaching African percussion for many years. Since 2017 he has collaborated on a regular basis with the Art Ensemble of Chicago with Roscoe Mitchell and Don Moye. He holds seminars on the history of traditional African instruments trying to trace the territorial boundaries of the populations and disseminating the African cultural tradition through tales of musical fairy tales.
Genre: World
