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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Famoro Dioubate and Africa America\nEvent Url: http
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 erica\nEvent Date Begin: 2013-02-07\nEvent Date End: 2013-02-07\n\n Famoro
  Dioubate and Africa America\, Thursday\, February 7\, 10PM at the Lily Pa
 d at 1353 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02139\, (617) 395-1393\, $10. 
 (http://www.lily-pad.net/) Famoro Dioubate and Africa America featuring We
 st African master musician Famoro Dioubate from Guinea on balafon (African
  xylophone) and voice\, legendary jazz drummer Ra-Kalam Bob Moses on drums
 \, composer\, guitarist and singer Bouba Diabate from Mali\, West Africa\,
  and local greats Jason Davis on bass and Kenny Kozol on percussion and vo
 cals. Not many musicians can claim an 800-year musical legacy as balafon (
 xylophone) master Famoro Dioubate can. From one of the most prestigious fa
 milies of griots (musician/storytellers) in Guinea\, West Africa\, Dioubat
 e is a guardian of traditions dating back to the 13th century in the ancie
 nt Mand&eacute\; Empire. \nAs a child in Guinea\, Dioubate was recognized 
 to be a prodigy. Encouraged by his illustrious grandfather El Hadj Djeli S
 ory Kouyate (who at age 95 remains a living legend of the instrument)\, Fa
 moro emerged as one of the most exciting young players in the country. By 
 his grandfather's side\, he was soon performing with the prestigious Ensem
 ble Instrumental National (a national symphony of traditional music) direc
 ted by El Hadj. &ldquo\;My father and mother come from Kakande\,&rdquo\; e
 xplains Dioubate. &ldquo\;I first went there when I was a kid. I loved to 
 go there to play music with all the people in the forest. Some would play 
 guitar\, some would play the n'goni (5-7 string lute)\, some the kora (21-
 string harp-lute). In the morning there was always music\, and at night th
 ey would sing.&rdquo\; Today\, Dioubate is a unique artist in this form\; 
 keenly aware of the tradition he was born into\, yet eager to reshape As l
 egend holds\, the balafon (xylophone) appeared magically in the forest alm
 ost a thousand years ago where it was discovered and guarded jealously by 
 mighty sorcerer-king Sumanguru Kante.  Eventually it was re-conquered by t
 he founder of the Mand&eacute\; Empire\, Sundiata Keita\, who bequeathed i
 t to his griot\, Bala Fasseke Kouyate to play and protect.\n\nStart time: 
 Two sets beginning at 10PM
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SUMMARY:Famoro Dioubate and Africa America
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