Here information about the master of West-African classical percussion music : biography, concerts, recordings, ensemble performances, teaching, theoretical and practical courses, musical instruments, workshops, study travels to Guinea Conakry, development and children aid projects for Guinea Conakry — Contact to Mr. Alpha Oulare! *
PRODUCT COMPARISON: Find here a list of eBay search results (that is were many searches of vendors and private sellers start) for the search term “Djembe” (drums) to be precise in example, as comparison against the original West-African drums from first-hand professional African manufacturers offered here at this website by Alpha Oulare! … We suppose that you will find by this reasons enough better to contact and rely to Mister Alpha Oulare when searching for an authentical, new, good soundingindividualmusical instrument from West Africa that is in good condition and can be maintained, repaired, extended by the seller and his professional partners, that are all African musicians.
MERCATORY OFFER: These are photographs from the Rehearsal and Workshop rooms of Alpha Oulare and his musical colleagues at the Hupfeld Center area in Leipzig (district Leipzig / Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, D-04157, Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16, building entrance C; the building complex is guarded by security corporations), no concrete online shop… If certain instruments awake your interest, if you have been searching for the approbiate musical device for long and to find here, if you wish musical demonstrations, need help on repair and further modifications as tuning and enhancement / decoration you can contact Alpha Oulare directly to make an appointment into a concrete meeting at this place… Have a look into this living collection (technical note: images might possibly load slowly here at first if not having been cached yet):
Djembé drums from West AfricaThese Djembé drums sound good!They here stand alike eight men.On top here Kalimba / Kalebasse drum.Doundoun, Sangba, Tenkenin, tools…Bolong 4-string harp, in goat fur.Kora, N’Goni and Bolong harps, more…All instruments are handled carfully!Shakers / Shereke, tools…Not for sale: Awesome Tapes from Africa.A view through our window…Occasional here also recordings…(Visual impressions)
A few more images shall follow. The Balafon, so it is said by musical West-African legends, has not been invented / first-made by Man himself, it is of supernatural origin… Underneath its wooden and tuned sound bars lay resonating jugs of clay each to create this fascinating rich sounds. A short audio sample recording of Alpha playing the balafon next:
(Note: Alpha Oulare is demonstrating the African Balafon in free improvisation. He points out not to be a very skillful player himself (yet), rather still student at this particular instrument. It’s a life-long learning. You hear a plain cellphone recording with added reverbation/hall effect, sounding as if from far away…)
Alpha Oulare playing the Balafon, in picture two Kalebasses.The Balafon owns a special bag for rest and transportation.During his Percussion Workshops Alpha Oulare mostly plays the Djembé drum with his students, partly also Doundoun and Sangba, Tinkening. (All photographs having been taken on Saturday, June 25th, 2022, in place.)
Contact Mister Alpha Oulare to test-play and and purchase these original, traditioally manufactured West-African musical instruments, each item is unique and sounds authentically good:
You can call Alpha Oulare also directly so in this issue. Click here to dial his number!
LAST NOT LEAST WORD ON PRICES: Prices. These are fair and not too expensive, no amoral profit shall be made, but the African manufacturers and importing trading/messaging helpers find their acknowledgement. We regard it to be a better solution to obtain and purchase these instruments from first hand other than as from musical stores and major Internet distributors, cheapest used defect items of unkown origin, or non-african forgeries and replicas, or so-called special editions of drums at over-sized pricing… You will always also find help and advise in/on maintaining the instrument healthy and in good sounding shape, loving it as musical friend and partner.
Alpha Oulare on the phone. He is always friendly, and kind to all customers and musical students.
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Djembéfola ALPHA OULARE / L'Institut Sunjata de famille de Monsieur Djembéfola Alpha Oulare, Guinea Conakry & Leipzig Europe (official homepages — pages d'accueil officielles — offizielle Internet-Seiten, 2022–2025ff.) 
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