N’famady Kouyaté is a young master musician from Guinea, based in the Wales. N’famady’s primary instrument is the balafon – a traditional wooden xylophone, sacred to West African culture. N’famady plays as a solo artist and with a full band as The Successors of the Mandingue –his arrangements are a fusion of Mandingue African and western European jazz, pop, and funk influences provided by a collective of musicians. In 2019/20 he supported Gruff Rhys on his Pang! album tour.
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This video is part of Wales at WOMEX 2020. There are 3 artists showcasing as part of Horizons at WOMEX this year: The Gentle Good, N’famady Kouyaté and Lisa Jên from 9Bach. There’s also a panel discussion ‘Music, Indigenous Languages, Global Emergencies and Me’.
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