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Goat Skins- Female goat skins direct from Guinea. $35 each plus $5 shipping and handling. Discounts available for orders of 10 or more. Djembes- Beautiful, hand-carved from khari wood, professional quality, djembes from Guinea. Rubber bottoms to protect your drum and your floors. We guarantee you'll love the sound. $395 plus shipping. Krins- Hand carved from durable khari and acacia wood. Made in Guinea. $175 plus shipping.  CD's- Abdoulaye Sylla and One World: Traditional Rhythms from Guinea, West Africa,$16 for the CD (+ $4.00 shipping for USPS Priority Mail to US addresses) LISTEN to a track here (in RealAudio). African cloth/clothes- Stunning collection of indigo, wax prints, and bazzain in a variety of colors and traditional designs. Contact us for more info. To find out more about ordering merchandise, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it About Djembes- Djembes are goblet shaped wooden drums with goatskin heads. Their sound is quite powerful. Some consider them to be "magic instruments". They are played by hand. They were originally used to give courage to troops in battle and to give more energy to workers tilling and harvesting the fields. They originated from the Mandenke people, who populated regions of what is now Guinea, Mali and Sierra Leone. For information about other traditional Guinean instruments, please see our "study guide". About Krins- Krins are slit drums, made by hollowing out logs. They are of varying sizes and are played with two sticks. Krins orginated in Guinea's forest region. They were used to communicate messages over great distances, and have been dubbed the original "African telephone." For information about other traditional Guinean instruments, please see our "study guide". |
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News from Guinea
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NIGER: Constitution crisis turned coup
NIAMEY Thursday, February 18, 2010 (IRIN) - Small vendors abandoned their stalls as the typical lunch hour break opened with gunfire at the presidential palace…
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AFRICA: Finding the food crops of the future
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, February 24, 2010 (IRIN) - Temperatures seem set to soar to perilously high levels because of climate change. In another 40 years, would…
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GUINEA: Child malnutrition - moving beyond stop-gaps
DAKAR Thursday, February 25, 2010 (IRIN) - Nutrition experts in Guinea are studying options for treating moderately malnourished children, as funding shortages disrupt normal programmes…
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AFRICA: Early arrival of meningitis "alarming"
DAKAR Monday, February 22, 2010 (IRIN) - A meningitis epidemic has struck earlier than usual and is spreading across sub-Saharan Africa's "meningitis belt" from Senegal…
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GUINEA: Medical supplies, humanitarian flight blocked after clashes
DAKAR Monday, February 08, 2010 (IRIN) - Tensions following clashes in N’zérékoré, southeastern Guinea, are hampering the movement of some humanitarian workers and supplies, according…
Ongoing Classes
Abdoulaye Starts Sunday Seattle Classes
Abdoulaye Sylla has begun a Sunday late afternoon dance class at Center
House, 4th Floor, Studio G, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison Street,
Seattle, 98109.
Classes run through Sunday, November 22nd. Classes are from 5:00-6:30
pm. $15 for adults and $10 for children age 7-12. This is a high
energy, mixed level class taught in a welcoming, supportive atmosphere
with live drumming accompaniment. Drop-ins are welcome.
For more info, contact Abdoulaye at 860-601-5850 or email
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Click here t o view flyer
Past events of note:
ONE WORLD ARTS EXCHANGE & ABDOULAYE
SYLLA
AFRICAN HEARTBEAT CULTURAL TOUR TO GUINEA, WEST AFRICA
December 29 2007-
January 12, 2008*
*other dates may be able to be
accommodated.
updated 10-4-07