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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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WEST AFRICA: Hail storms, record rains
DAKAR Monday, August 02, 2010 (IRIN) - The 2010 rainy season in West Africa has opened with hail storms in Guinea and the heaviest rain…
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Analysis: Unconditional money
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 02, 2010 (IRIN) - A World Bank study that put money in the hands of girls and their parents in Malawi's poor…
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GUINEA: Aid on the way after hail flattens crops
DAKAR Friday, August 06, 2010 (IRIN) - UN agencies on 7 August will deliver food, seeds, fertilizer and other relief supplies to Guinea’s Labé region,…
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Analysis: HIV generics under threat from tighter patenting rules
VIENNA Monday, August 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Most of the estimated 5.2 million people worldwide on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are taking generic versions manufactured primarily…
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AFRICA: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (IRIN) - Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala,…
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