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Nuit des griots

De l’Empire mandingue à l’Empire ashanti / Ballaké Sissoko - Ballaké Sissoko Orkestra - Osei Korankye - Seperewa Agofoma - Habib Dembélé
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Concert
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Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
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Duration: about 1h40

Distribution

Ballaké Sissoko , conducting, kora
Ballaké Sissoko Orkestra - Mali
Badjé Tounkara , n'goni
Seperewa Agofoma - Ghana
Osei Korankye , luth-harpe
Habib Dembélé , textes, narrator

A broad and shimmering assembly of instrumentalists from Mali—the kora ensemble led by Ballaké Sissoko—Guinea and Ghana join Malian actor Habib Dembélé to celebrate the legendary expressive power of the griot.

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