Tambacounda

Tambacounda is a large city in the east of Senegal. In the percussion story, the city played a very important role. The legendary Suncaru Jara taught there, with some pretty legendary pupils such as Abdoulaye Diakité. The concentration of djembe masters there at one time, meaning that gigs were more and more scarce, was aContinue reading “Tambacounda”

Senegal Percussion Artists

A (partial) list of percussion artists of Senegal Abdou Bâ Abdou M’Boup Abdoulaye Diakité Aïyb Dieng Assane Thiam Aziz Faye Babacar Faye Doudou N’Diaye Rose Fallilou “Galas” Niang Ismaila Sané Thio M’Baye