Category: Concert performances

Application for Festival Concert Performances of the Ensemble Alpha Oulare & Sugé in 2026ff.





Alpha Oulare and his ensemble Sugé of westafrican musicians from Guinea are highly interested in festival and other concert participation during the months of Spring to Autumn/Winter in year 2027, highly motivated and at their skillful best.

The experienced and competent ensemble will for sure find attraction among festival and concert guests, determine a positive event and grant remaining beautiful memories for years, by this invite all guests to join westafrican dance and chants with them.


CONTACT DATA : +491785634016 (phone-calls preferably at Central-European daytime; also WhatsApp messenger at this international dial:

i. e. Djembéfola and Ensemble and Band leader Alpha Oulare, Leipzig / Federal Republic of Germany, European Community, Earth

Alpha is a former member of the Guinean National Ballet and of numerous music ensembles for traditional westafrican percussion music and traditional dance, musical collaborator in Westafrica and Europe; musical teacher : workshops for classical percussion of the Malinke, Suso and Fula, workshops for dance…

Electronic mail address and social-media link
aoulare.art@gmail.com · facebook.com/alfa-oulare

Google Inc. YouTube Portfolio (click and listen, watch!)
youtube.com/@alphaoulare




Digital Music distributor (listenable!) :
alphaoulare.bandcamp.com

Internet Archive resources on Alpha Oulare (find out more!)
archive.org/details/01-suge

Google Inc. Internet Search on Alpha Oulare


The artist may send you wanted Tech-Rider specifications,
additional press material and current as classical photographs
for your usage on direct request. Please contact him directly !

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Non-toxic legal humanistic motif above, several years old now,
never obsolete in meaning.
Anyhow: anti-african racist hate criminals (!)
shall beware of any political suspicion!
…stay far from these resources.

 

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Footage from the 7th International Inter- and Socio-cultural Africa Festival Leipzig at the Garage Ost on November 22nd and 23rd, 2025 — List of Africa Festivals and African Cultural Days in the Federal Republic of Germany in year 2026 : synergetical…

You might rewind the video — not yet all video material of the festival has been processed and, for this, uploaded at the Y.I.L.P. International Google Inc. YouTube channel‘s or Internet Archive repositories.

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Another List of Africa Festivals and African Cultural Days held in the Federal Republic of Germany in year 2026ff. : synergetical…


You can find an updated 2026 list of African Festivals

and African Cultural Days held in the Federal Republic of Germany

under this address : archive.org/details/afrikafestivals-2026

or access the .pdf file directly here . . .

No warranties, changes and additions can be made,

the files become modified during next weeks to months.

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Dignity!

February 2026

Contact data confirmed for 2026

  * Institut Sunjata
  * de famillie de Djembéfola
  * Monsieur Alpha Oulare
  * Leipzig/F.R.G.—Conakry/Guinée   

  Coordonnées officielles
  actuellement acceptées
  pour l'artiste international.

  Currently accepted
  official contact information
  for the international artist.

  Derzeit als gültig anerkannte
  offizielle Kontaktinformationen
  des internationalen Künstlers.

    official Google Inc. YouTube             
       youtube.com/@alphaoulare
                                             
    social media Facebook (messenger)        
       fb.com/alfa-oulare                    

    WhatsApp / international dial            
       +49 178 56 34 016                     
                                             
    Electronic mail
       aoulare.art@gmail.com
                                             
    Website blog                             
       alphaoulare.art.blog                  

    Bandcamp
       alphaoulare.bandcamp.com                                           

Nous vous souhaitons une bonne année 2026
We wish you a happy new year 2026
Wir wünschen Ihnen ein gutes neues Jahr 2026


5.II-2026

… also all band / ensemble information regarding Alpha Oulare and Sugé and the announcement of weekly Musical Lessons at the Leipzig Ludwig-Hupfeld-Center, complex C (two-hour fee 20 (twenty/zwanzig) Euros €), if not other appointment Saturday, from 2 p.m. until past 4 p.m. remain valid, hereby confirmed and the same. A warm welcome and many thanks to all new students of 2026!

As this blog alphaoulare.art.blog is currently about to become revised, it is suggested to seek for new information at Alpha’s official Google Inc. YouTube channel (click below).

( One reference to find there, at Google Inc. YouTube, was an excerpt of Djembéfola Alpha Oulare’s public performance at the 7th International Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival Leipzig, then still under the project name Festival of the 1000 Drums — more than drumming! and in the month of November, 2025: )

An updated list of Africa Festivals and African Cultural Days in the Federal Republic of Germany for year 2026 can be found left or here — please allowed this little redundancy! Hate criminals, hackers, intended abusers and neo-colonial usurpators stay far from these projects and all staff! Warning, criminals/perpetrators are investigated, fully traced in their activities.

Apparently this video clip with graphical animation has reached meanwhile more than two thousand calls/views:

From about one year ago, finally, these two Google Inc. Notebook L.M. Deepdive audio features having been generated automatically on the yet existing Internet sources about Alpha Oulare (you might listen below):

Further, more informative notifications shall follow during the next weeks, please be patient as readers and musical friends! Be well, meanwhile!

You may find more musical inspiration by help of the public Musical Playlists at Alpha Oulare’s Google Inc. YouTube channel, mostly West-African musical artists from Guinea and other states, they might have been new to you, if younger of ages, we suppose…

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6. Lindhardter Wald-Musik am 28. September 2025 in Naunhof / Sachsen (Forest Music Concert with Ensemble Triloban: Baroque & Westafrican Music)

[ Translation via Google Inc. Translator ]



Vorankündigung und Einladung zu einem erneuten Konzert des Ensembles Triloban:

Lindhardter-Waldmusik.de
6. Lindhardter Waldmusik
Alpha [Oulare] – Percussion
Friederike [Bouzayen] – Cello
Sam [Jarju] – Kora
Birgit [Lawerenz] – Bass-Xylophon/Piano
So[nntag], 28.9.25 15:00 Uhr
Barockmusik & Westafrikanische Lieder
Mitspiel- & Tanzmöglichkeit!
Waldlichtung Lindhardt
2 Gehmin[uten] Waldweg süd[lich] Blaufichtenweg, 04683 Naunhof-Lindhardt
Bei Regen: 15:30 Uhr Foyer Gymnasium Naunhof
– Wiesenstraße 36
Alle Generationen herzlich willkommen!
– Eintritt frei, Spenden erbeten!

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Im Lindhardter Wald erklingen Barockmusik & Westafrikanische Lieder auf akustischen Instrumenten. Es gibt Musikinstrumente zum Mitspielen und bunte Tanztücher.

Mit dem Triloban-Ensemble:
Kora (afrikanische Stegharfe), Cello, Keys/Bassxylophon und westafrikanischer Perkussion.

Eintritt frei, Spenden erbeten.

Mit freundlicher Förderung durch das Kulturamt des Landkreises Leipzig.


Vielen herzlichen Dank an Frau Friederike Bouzayen und alle Mitmusizierenden wie Gäste!


Ortsbeschreibung / Karte Google Inc. Maps:


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Die inzwischen finale Ankündigung des Konzertes
von Seiten Frau Friederike Bouzayens (Naturcello)

Hallo und Herzliche Einladung zur 6. Lindhardter Waldmusik !

So, 28.09.25  15:00 – ca. 16:00  2 Gehminuten Waldweg
südlich Blaufichtenweg 04683 Naunhof, Ortsteil Lindhardt


Auf der herrlichen Waldlichtung in Lindhardt erklingen Barockmusik und Westafrikanische Lieder … Es liegen Musikinstrumente bereit zum Mitmachen und bunte Tanztücher. 

Es spielt das Triloban-Ensemble: Kora (afrikanische Stegharfe), Cello, Keys/Bassxylophon und westafrikanische Perkussion!

Bei Dauerregen beginnt das Konzert um 15:30 im Foyer des Gymnasiums, 04683 Naunhof, Wiesenstraße 36.

Alle Generationen sind herzlich willkommen ! Weitere Infos unter lindhardter-waldmusik.de

— Eintritt frei ! Spenden erbeten —

Mit freundlicher Förderung durch das Kulturamt des Landkreises Leipzig

Diese Einladung kann gern geteilt werden — vielen Dank — Wir freuen uns auf Sie und Euch !

Mit herzlichen Grüßen

Friederike Bouzayen

(Programm: Traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Bamba Boyang — Lied für Gesundheit / Johann Pachebel: Kanon in D, transponiert nach F / traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Mineonba — Lied für Respekt / Friederike Bouzayen: Abendwind, Kanon / traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Saalia — Lied der Gemeinschaft / Pause / Friederike Bouzayen: Morgen-Kanon / traditionelles Mandinka-Lied: Banile — Lied für Menschlichkeit / Händel/Bach/Bouzayen: Naturregenbogen & Georg Friedrich Händel HWV 432 Passacaglia & Johann-Sebastian Bach BWV 974 / Sam Jarju: Improvisierter Vers / Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier I, BWV 846. Dauer zirka 53 Minuten. — Vielen Dank an die Ensembleleiterin Frau Fr. Bouzayen für die Vorabbekanntgabe!)


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Anreise von Leipzig aus mit den regionalen Leipziger Verkehrsbetrieben?

Hineinhören auf Naturcello/Soundcloud?




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Siehe auch ebenso: https://alphaoulare.art.blog/2024/10/19/concert-announcement-reminder-for-ensemble-triloban-trio-concert-violoncello-kora-harp-percussion-at-rocknitz-saxony-f-r-g-on-saturday-october-19th-2024/
und https://alphaoulare.art.blog/2023/05/24/einladung-zum-waldkonzert-forest-music-concert-in-naunhof-lindhardt-saxonia-17-juni-2023/ — vielen herzlichen Dank an Euch!


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Alpha Oulare and friends jamming at the Leipzig city feast 2024 (video clip)

Many thanks to Mister Manuel Augusto and his Google Inc. YouTube channel for his video clip, as to all players and to the friendly audience at the Leipzig inner city on one afternoon during the annual Leipzig city feast Leipziger Stadtfest 2024 having taken place during the weekend of May 31st to June 2nd. The jam session had been a spontaneous offer to the Leipzig community, guests and tourists welcomed the concert performance…

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Concert announcement/reminder for Ensemble Triloban: Trio concert (violoncello, kora harp, percussion) at Röcknitz, Saxony/F.R.G., on Saturday, October 19th, 2024

This Saturday afternoon, from 2 p.m. onward until 5 p.m. the Ensemble Triloban —this time as trio consisting of its founder Friederike Bouzayen (violoncello), Alpha Oulare (percussion) and Sam Jarju (kora harp)— is performing another concert at the Geoportal Herrenhaus Röcknitz, address: An der Wasserburg 3, D-04808 Thallwitz OT Röcknitz, Free State of Saxony, F.R.G. The performance is to include many improvisation and invites all guests to play-along with and to dance to the music.

More information on the concert venue Geoportal (Super-volcano center) Herrenhaus Röcknitz here and here. — Many thanks to the friendly host and all audience and guests!

»The Triloban Quartet [!] combines melodies from the West African Jali traditions with European keys. Works by J. S. Bach meet overtone-rich melodies from the Kora, the West African bridge harp; traditional Mandinka songs meet instrumental improvisations with concert dulcimer and violoncello, and diversely improvised African percussion. Other musical instruments, such as xylophone and rattles, are available for visitors to play along with.« (Naturcello.de)

You can also recherche on before public performances of Triloban by help of the Google Inc. Internet search engine, cf. here…

Below you are enabled listen to some of the earlier Naturcello recordings, provided by / hosted at the Soundcloud portal.


Contact/booking information Ensemble Triloban / Naturcello
naturcello.de
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 31
D-04683 Naunhof
Telefon 0049 174 4613651
E-Mail Friederike Bouzayen: rike@naturcello.de

Have a nice day! Be well!

Postscriptum: See also here (on the 2023 forest concert).


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West- and East-African Percussion Workshop with Djembéfola Alpha Oulare (Leipzig / Guinea) and Arba Manillah (Chemnitz / Tanzania) opening the 3rd Chemnitz Africa Festival on November, 15th, 2024

This sounds promising :
»Who would like to be part of the Africa Festival with warm drum vibes on November 16, 2024? Then come to the drum workshop on November 15, 2024. Here you will learn a drum performance that will be presented at the festival the next day. With musicians and music teachers for traditional West and East African percussion music and dance, you will learn from the professionals. Register at kmccev@gmail.com. — Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, November 15, 2024, 5 p.m.«

»For all music enthusiasts, near and far: West/East African percussion workshop with the master drummer and music teacher Djembéfola Alpha Oulare (Institut Sunjata de famille Oulare Leipzig / Guinea Conakry) and with Arba Manillah (Kuykaye Moto Culture Center, Chemnitz / Tanzania) -> Let the drum speak! Traditional rhythms of the Malinke, Suso and Fula and East Africa! … November 15, 2024 5:00 p.m. at Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, Fraunhoferstraße 60. It’s worth taking part!«

Host of this event will be the Kukaye Moto Culture Center Chemnitz (K.M.C.C.), venue the Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, Fraunhoferstraße 60. All intended participants of this workshop should register according to the contact data from the Kukaye Moto website, by electronic mail or phonecall/messenger to Chemnitz.

Above: Arba Manillah on the cultural scene in Chemnitz, Capital of Culture 2025 (clip from 2022)…

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Compilation of Google Inc. video audio tracks by Djembéfola Alpha Oulare 2013–2024 — all rights are reserved to the artist. // Course de musique = Musikunterricht [current data/information].

Musical tracks from videos published yet at Google Inc. YouTube channels, having recorded Alpha Oulare’s occasional performances in before years 2013–2024


> Musical Lessons, Course de musique, Musikunterricht <
(current information Autumn 2024)

Above: Current information on the musical lessons, cours de musique, Musikunterricht (as meanwhile publiced by Alpha Oulare’s social media channels. Do not forgot, that is able to make special appointments on course/workshop dates, times, duration and special modes.

Postscriptum February 2025: New fee as costs and inflation have raised 20€ per hour lesson—many thanks
for your understanding and support!



You can also consult Alpha Oulare’s social media Facebook profile and use the messenger to contact or call him: cf. facebook.com/alfa-oulare.


Reminder: Handcrafted master-piece Musical Instruments from West-Africa, Guinea are available from Alpha Oulare either.


All rights are reserved.
(c) Djembéfola Mister Alpha Oulare
/ Institut Sunjata

Contact

Telegram

Stalkers stay far!

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Alpha Oulare & Sugé: concerts, marriage, birth and namesgiving ceremonies, cultural events, festival participation, contact information 2024ff. — update in german/english/french language…

(pardon us overseen mistypings and other unwanted errors, please)

(Einladung zum) Waldkonzert (forest music concert) in Naunhof/Lindhardt, Saxonia, 17. Juni 2023

[Google Inc. Translation?]

We are thankful / wir sind dankbar, dass diese Konzertreihe existiert und eine Zusammenarbeit mit Alpha Oulare in diesem Jahr 2023 (avisiert der Konzert-Termin 17. Juni 2023, 17 Uhr) möglich geworden ist:

Naturlieder
& Improvisation

Auf der Lindhardter Waldlichtung erklingen am 17. Juni 2023 ab 17 Uhr zwölf (12) Naturlieder, die zum Mitmusizieren einladen. Tolle Instrumente werden bereitliegen, und es sind keinerlei Vorkenntnisse nötig. Alle Generationen sind herzlich willkommen, zu lauschen, sich am Klang zu erfreuen, mitzusingen, mitzuspielen oder zu tanzen.

Mitwirkende: Komalé Akakpo, Konzerthackbrett; Ludwig Kasparick, Steelgitarre; Friederike Bouzayen, Fünfsaitencello; Alpha Oulare, Perkussion.

Das Konzert findet auf der Waldlichtung Lindhardt, zwei (2) Gehminuten auf dem Waldweg südlich des Blaufichtenwegs in 04683 Naunhof-Lindhardt statt.

Der Eintritt ist frei, einen Beitrag zu spenden ist gestattet am Ausgang nach Ermessen und Möglichkeit.

Weitere Infos unter lindhardter-waldmusik.de.

Wir freuen uns auf Sie und Euch!

Leitet die Einladung gerne weiter.

Liebe Grüße von Friederike Bouzayen (Rike)

Postscriptum: Bitte an Zeckenspray oder lange helle Socken denken!

 
naturcello.de
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 31
D-04683 Naunhof
Telefon 0049 174 4613651

rike@naturcello.de
www.naturcello.de

Please consider the environment before printing this blog post!

Das Konzert wurde möglich gemacht durch :
(Simul Mitmachfonds)
(Common Concerts)
(Naturcello)

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Zur Anreise nach Lindhardt (Google Inc. Maps — klick!):

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From the Internet pages of Ms. Friederike Bouzayen, her personal Soundcloud profile, this interesting playlist, with kind permission, to all listeners near and far:

Many thanks and all good wishes!

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5th international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS on the weekend of August 26th and 27th, 2023 at Leipzig: Cultural Factory WERK 2, Kochstraße 132, 04277 Leipzig

The Festival is being prepared by the YILP International association…

Consult the festival website blog for more information!

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Please allow this reference / Please support our non-commercial international Africa Festival project !!

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Upcoming concerts / kommende Konzerte Alpha Oulare’s im Sommer 2023 — FESTIVALS

This is soon / dieses ist schon bald! Wait for more detailled concert announcement and festival program line-up information in time, please… Many thanks for your friendship, support and kind consideration!


by the way:

Tune into the new festival season of 2023 — be with us, join the festivities and meetings!


(to be completed)

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Rootsmanding live at Leipzig in 2020, complete concert recording bootleg

Without further annotations! The Rootsmanding ensemble will perform at several Africa Festivals in Germany this summer, wait for concrete announcements here…

Facebook, Google Inc. YouTube, Bandcamp & Internet Archive // Concert Dec. 30th, 2022, at Erfurt?

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Impressions from Rootsmanding concert, 12-14-2022, at Leipzig // Announcement of supposely next public concert on 12-30-2022 at Erfurt // Shaun Gracie & Alpha Oulare (3-day workshop 1-6.7.8-2023 reminder)

Just a small note here:

Sound Check [excerpt] before the Concert of Rootsmanding at the Leipzig Reggaeclub Kaya, recorded from a back room with plain cellphone. Not yet all strings of the Kora harp had been tuned correctly…

Hopefully some video excerpts of the very good show for a small audience . . can be presented here within the next few days. Please visit this blog post again, so for concrete announcement of the end-December Erfurt concert of Rootsmanding.

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“Eine Fotografie von Mister Shaun Gracie und Mister Alpha Oulare, aufgenommen im Hupfeld-Center Leipzig, im Spätsommer 2022. Beide Djembéfoli (d.h. Meistertrommler) erwarten Euch zum gemeinsamen Djembé-Workshop-Wochenende an den Tagen des 6., 7. und 8. Januar jeweils nachmittags. –– Bitte überdenkt, ob Ihr teilnehmen könnt, und bestätigt diese Eure Teilnahme nach Möglichkeit vorab auf der Facebook-Event-Seite, das hilft uns sehr (wir sind uns gegenwärtig über die tatsächlich zu erwartende Teilnahmezahl noch im Unklaren, das beunruhigt ein wenig):
https://www.facebook.com/events/898588694372037/
Davor, nämlich am kommenden 17. Dezember, besteht vor diesem Januar-Wochenende kalendarisch letztmalig die Möglichkeit, am samstäglichen Djembé-Unterricht teilzunehmen oder kostenlos als Gast mit dabei zu sein… Telefon Alpha Oulare (tagsüber ab 14 Uhr) 0178-56-34-016.” (Another social-media comment at Facebook.)

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Initiativbewerbung an bundesdeutsche und internationale Konzert- und Festival-Veranstalterinnen und -Veranstalter für 2023 (german-language international application as artists)

( Read / translate 🙂 )

.pdf version incl. functional links

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International Application for Festival and Concert participation

[To the organizers of international music festivals and concerts, this unsolicited application from]

Djembéfola Alpha Oulare et al. Ensemble (concert + percussion workshops)

Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

on behalf of Mr. Alpha Oulare, Djembéfola born 1970 in Guinea Conakry (trained in the national ballet and by important artists of this country) resident in Leipzig, since the 1990-s member of several ensembles for traditional West African music such as La Fôret sacrée, Konkobá, Sugé, Rootsmanding (the latter was founded by Mister Sam Jarju; any of these ensembles can be engaged by Mr. Oulare for a concert tour to your venue), music teacher for Djembé and other African percussion instruments, traditional rhythms of the Malinke, Suso and Fula (lessons for adults as well as children and young people) as well as West African dance, as well as dealer for musical instruments from Guinea and music supplies, I ask you kindly for information about:

  • the date of your upcoming festival, when it is announced we eagerly await,
  • as well as possibilities and conditions for Mr. Alpha Oulare to be able to participate in the musical programme:
    a) with one of his ensembles, or
    b) as a workshop leader or as an individual artist.

These are the contact details for Mister Oulare in Leipzig: 

We would be happy to send you detailed artist information in text, image and sound/video samples electronically by e-mail or by post to an address that you can provide for your examination and later possible advance notice in the event program – please let us know your requirements directly!

With thanks for your reply and best wishes for you, your families, friends, acquaintances

Leipzig  Alpha Oulare

[Automatic translation from German using Google Inc. Translator]

— Attachment: printable .pdf version, 10-18-2022 —

 
«Le Djembé, il va te faire souffrir, mais il peut te donner la voie de mieux connaître la nature…»
«Apprendre le Djembé m’a fait souffrir beaucoup, mais aujourd’hui je remercie Dieu, parce que c’est par le Djembé que je suis devenu connu en Afrique et en Europe.»
«Il faut jouer au Djembé tous les jours pour avoir un nouvel esprit.»
«Quand je dors, le Djembé est dans mes rêves, dans mon sang, je ne peux pas y renoncer jusqu‘à la fin de ma vie.» (A.O.)
 


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(Short note on) Recent concerts with the Rootsmandig ensemble and Jalikebba in September / early October 2022

This, in short, is to state, that Alpha Oulare together with the Ensemble Rootsmanding (in core still: Sam Jarju, Diehi Tanguy Franck and A. Ou.) attended several concerts at Hanover, Erfurt/Thuringia and Leipzig, one additional with Jalikebba Kuyateh at Torgau/Saxony during the before days and weeks. (We cannot represent here photographs nor flyers/footage from these public events, though.) … To get notice of all coming performances of Rootsmanding in world you always should consult Sam Jarju’s homepage at reggaemanding.de or his (alike Alpha Oulare’s himself) social-media Facebook profile; to find news on Jalikebba you may consult his homepage for news, his social-media profile (linked ibid.) or this new video repository his at the interesting Internet Archive.

Flyer motif for the Rootsmanding concert during
an African festivity at the Leipzig Pavillon of Hope
on October 1st, 2022. — Many thanks to Mister Sam Jarju!

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An ultra-short cellphone video from the Rehearsal room here as the only last finding… (thanks to 2Fett Records, friends of the artists).

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Current Course Dates (Djembé and Afro-Dance) and Announcements // Contact form to make an appointment for Course Attendance or other Meeting // Contact by Phone

Still under construction. Here an orientation on weekly courses and on concert, festival and other dates (entries that might become added, changed or deleted):

Read also the announcements for the January-2023 three-day-workshop (80€ fee for all three days incl. each West African snack/food), children’s percussion courses (10€ fee per one-hour-lesson), weekly percussion courses (20€ fee° per two-hour-lesson) in general (with information on the location), offers of musical instruments (appointments can be made to visit and test-play these instruments from Guinea individually at place, so for help missions in tuning and repairing instruments — ask on the costs), finally the announcement for the 2023 Study Travel to Guinea Conakry / Isle of Roume — many thanks also if/for forwarding information about these offers to your friends and musical colleagues!

(° Note: a first introductory lesson shall be free for first-time students.)

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Send a Message to Mister Alpha Oulare in these issues? Ask your questions or make an appointment by e-mail:

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Your message has been sent to the e-mail address of Mister Alpha Oulare.

You may also phone-call Mister Oulare by phone at regular daytime or contact him by help of the Facebook and WhatsApp messengers.


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Alpha Oulare & Rootsmanding will perform at the 20th Alafia Africa Festival Hamburg on August 27th, 2022 — 2020 A/Ou portrait photograph

»The Hamburg Africa Festival is celebrating an anniversary: 20 years of Alafia — Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Bon Anniversaire!!!«

Participation / Contribution:

[Roots Manding drumming, dancing, acrobatics and singing group (click into for the original but very dark flyer motif at Mr. Sam Jarju’s Facebook profile that is good to know).]

»Rootsmanding Band
Samstag, 27. August 2022, 16.00 Uhr
Guinea etc., traditionelle Rhythmen aus Westafrika
[more info:]
Die Musiker der Rootsmandig Band stammen aus verschiedenen Ländern Westafrikas (Guinea-Conakry, Gambia, Elfenbeinküste u.a.) und bringen die traditionelle Kunst Westafrikas auf die Alafia-Bühne. Sie mischen traditionelle Percussionsrhythmen mit den Melodien der Kora, die im Zentrum ihrer Musik steht. Logisch: keine traditionelle Musik ohne Tanz. Doundoun und Djembe legen einen tollen Rhythmusteppich, zu dem neben dem Chorgesang die Klänge der Kora herrlich kontrastieren. Großes Kino.« (Festival homepage — translation)

The Hamburg Africa festival’s finally announced musical program:

Friday, August 26th, 2022:

4:00pm Ouverture

4:30pm Simba Ci, Zimbabwe (Singer/Songwriter) — cf. official YouTube channel

5:00pm IYASA, Zimbabwe (Dance theater, children’s cultural caravan) — cf. official YouTube channel

6:00pm Nana Yeboah’s Highlife Express, Ghana (Highlife) — cf. YouTube channel of the artist

8:00pm Abdou Day, Madagascar (Reggae) — cf. official YouTube channel

Saturday, August 27th, 2022:

12:00am Manifestation

1:00pm Simba CI (second performance)

2:00pm Abdou Day (second performance)

3:30pm IYASA (second performance)

4:00pm Rootsmanding [PS 12-29-2022: click here for video excerpt!], Guinea etc. (traditional Rhythms from West-Africa) — here they are!

6:00pm Papito Chango’s Pi a Pa, Cuba (Music of the Santeria) — cf. official YouTube channel

8:00pm Les Quatro des Bakotessa, Kongo (Soukouss etc.) — cf. YouTube search results

Sunday, August 28th, 2022:

2:00pm Abdelhafid Catruat Band, Marokko etc. (Music from North-Africa) — cf. YouTube search results

4:00pm Rama N’Goni, Burkina Faso (Songs & Rhythms from Burkina Faso) — cf. official YouTube channel

6:00pm Habyba & Band, Ghana (New Pop from Ghana) — cf. official YouTube channel

 

HOPEFULLY no mishappings will occur and all logistics and transportation to and from Hamburg be fine!

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Year 2020 or earlier photograph of Alpha Oulare (from a series)

FOUND BY OCCASION IN THE INTERNET: »Djembe Kurse in Kreuzberg. Trommelunterricht: Seit Jahren unterrichte ich Interessierte in der Kunst, die Djembe zu spielen, und traditionelle westafrikanische Rhythmen. Ich beherrsche Instrumente wie Djembe, Balafon, Doundoun, Gongoma, Sangbar, Kenkeni und Maracas. Meine Kurse finden fortlaufend jeden Mittwoch in Kreuzberg statt. Weiteres erfahren Sie beim ersten Kontakt. Ich freue mich auf Ihr Kommen! Ich biete an: – Trommelunterricht Privatunterricht oder in der Gruppe – Anfänger bis Fortgeschrittene – repariere auch Trommeln – verkaufe Trommeln und Felle« (Musik-Anzeigen.com, 2020 (archived) — translation). The advertizement should meanwhile (still applicable!) relate though to Mr. Oulare’s family’s hometown Leipzig.

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Alpha Oulare at the 4th international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 Drums on July 30th/31st, 2022, in Leipzig // Request for accreditation as performing artist in year 2023’s festivals in Germany and Europe

THIS IN SHORT (video and images shall follow within the next days; the concerts themselves have been video- and soundrecorded professionally during this last weekend of July): Alpha Oulare accompanied Rama N’Goni and the ensemble Lanaya, the Sam & Reggaemandingband (with them, for the song »Minion Bah«, Korafola Jalikebba Kuyateh), gave demonstrations on the Djembé drum in the workshop area on July 30th; on July 31st he gave a concert with the Rootsmanding Ensemble and finally introduced into the Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums. What an effort this year—the festival organizer YILP International association is very thankful against him, recognizing the final festival as successful. (Please visit this post once again to find updates!)

During first soundchecks on Saturday noon, July 30th, 2022, at the Tank Bar No. 1, Leipzig. More guests appeared later… — More photographs will follow soon.

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POSTSCRIPTUM.
All recordings from the festival
meanwhile can be found
here:

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Alpha Oulare & Rootsmanding

Alpha Oulare is also, together with ensemble founder Sam Jarju (kora, voice) and Diehi Tanguy Franck (percussions), member and current master djembé player and choir singer of the West-African ensemble Rootsmanding, that had been founded in Dresden in 2004 (then still without Alpha and Frankie), meanwhile based at Leipzig / Germany (residence of all three musicians)

»The Rootsmanding drum, dance and song group are five to eight artists from Africa. Their musical roots lie in playing the traditional rhythms and melodies of West Africa. The most important instrument of the group is the kora (African harp lute), accompanied by drums and dance.« (Ensemble leader Sam Jarju.)

Following just three videos / excerpts from Rootsmanding performances in town, the Hint to an unkown album and, more to expect, current tour and concert dates:

(Thanks to Mrs. Claudia Kästner.)

(Still available, seldom found rare debut by Rootsmanding. New albums have been recorded yet, offers from musical publishers are welcome to the Roots- and Reggae Manding founder and producer Mister Sam Jarju.)

(This Summer’s agenda… Rootsmanding attending concerts at several Africa festivals in german towns.)

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About the Africa Festival 1000 Drums Leipzig 2019ff.

The international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS at Leipzig, annual entrance-costfree event, includes the Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums all guest may bring own instruments to. Alpha Oulare usually introduces the players.

What is this new European-African annual free festival project all about?

The Festival startet in 2019 and is supported by the Leipzig cultural office, annually to be held as inter- and sociocultural project. Please support the festival staff of the YILP International association in this!

Digital music conservation from the 1st festival 2019:

You can find the entire recordings from 2019, at the Cultural Factory Leipzig WERK 2, here at the Festival’s public website 1000drums.yilp.de. Listen there-in!

 

Futuristic Interactive Community Concert 2019 as a later Sound Collage – open for experiments ?

Impressions from the first Festival in 2019 as sound collage:

or so:

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2020 festival sound recordings Germany / The Gambia:

[Audio Feature from the Gambian side festival parts:  Mr. Aziz Kuyateh — Mr. Lamin Cham (Champion Sound) — Mr. Bala Ranks — Mr. Rebellion The Recaller (here missing in mix?) — Poco Loco Beach announcement 1 — The African Cultural Band, part 1 — Interview with Mr. Mohamet — The African Cultural Band, part 2 — Poco Loco Beach announcement 2 — Happy Beach Bar: The Taranga Cultural Group with Mborodis and Simba Group, part 1 — Poco Loco Beach Bar: The Taranga Cultural Group with Mborodis and Simba Group, part 2 — The Juffureh Band of Sukuta in The Gambia — Interview with Mr. Kemo — Interview with Mr. Haruna — Interview with Mr. Taylor — Interview with Mr. Ebrima — Poco Loco Beach Bar announcement 3 — The Juffureh Band of Sukuta in The Gambia (73’24“).]
 
(Recordings from the german side, part 1)
(Recordings from the german side, part 2)

[»We thank the Internet Archive for preserving here a few recordings from our 2020 Intercultural Africa Festival 1000 Drums: a) as concert bootleg recordings from Leipzig/Germany the African music ensembles LANAYA (followed by short DJ intermission), then WONTANARÁ & madamtamtam* (all in first track) and NDUNGU KINA (second track)«.]

2021 international french friends and festival guests Kokobasai

(Audio-Feature for the local Radio Blue)

This an audio-feature having been broadcasted by Radio Blau in advance of the festival. The band are friends of and have been invited by Alpha Oulare himself.

All sound recordings from this festival got lost/deleted/over-written due to technical/logistical mishappening.

2022 international festival recordings — audio/video in process work (look after later!)

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ROOTSMANDING did not (!) perform at the Rudolstadt Festival in 2022 due to difficulties; review on African-music artists there

»Sie hat das nicht verdient, die westafrikanische Bechertrommel Djembe, die bei uns zu einem allüberall zu hörenden Esoterik-Instrument verkommen ist. Zuhause begleitet sie Tanzmusik ebenso wie Die Jalis, die zu Koraklängen ihre alten und aktuellen Geschichten erzählen. Daran knüpft Djembéfola Alpha Oularé aus Guinea mit seinem Ensemble an.« (She didn’t deserve it, the West African goblet drum Djembe, which has degenerated into an esoteric instrument that we can hear everywhere. At home she accompanies dance music as well as The Jalis, who tell their old and current stories to the sound of kora. Djembéfola Alpha Oularé from Guinea builds on this with his ensemble — this year’s Rudolstadt announcement for the ensemble is not a citation by Mrs. Claudia Kästner as stated at the festival website.)

As well the intended line-up »Alpha Oularé, Mohammed Sylla [!], Ocas Sylla [!], djembe, voc; Sam Jarju, kora, voc; Diehi Tanguy Franck, dundun, voc; [then apart:] Mario Wiedemann, sangban« could not attend the festivities due to logistical, personal and financial problems during the preparations; a travel and stay to/at Rudolstadt could not be realized. The ensemble, beside, had been enlisted only as part of the Street Music festival and, we must admit, not been considered as payed artists in this year’s festival program. Artists and audience regret, after year-long participation, not to have been able to meet each other; Alpha Oulare is very sorry about that and feels his reputation at Rudolstadt to have received damage.

Anyhow, here a list of this year’s other Africa-music performers at Rudolstadt for your review, they’re only three representatives:

Groupe RTD, Mélissa Laveaux and Ezé Wendtoin: beside the absent Rootsmanding the only other African musical artists at Rudolstadt in 2022 — could there be more next year?

Groupe RTD (Ensemble from Djibouti) — The Dancing Devils from Djibouti,

Mélissa Laveaux (Singer, Songwriter from Canada / Haiti) — official Google Inc. YouTube channel.

Ezé Wendtoin (Singer, Songwriter from Burkina Faso / Germany) — official Google Inc. YouTube channel.

Wonder how, that has been all, nothing more! We feel for this, that ROOTSMANDING seriously have been missing, looking forward to next year’s accreditation, respectfully, under ordinary conditions.

You can phone-call Mister Alpha Oulare on this…

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ROOTSMANDING at the Africa Festival in Ingolstadt / Bavaria, June 24th, 2022

INGOLSTADT / BAVARIA. On June 24th Alpha Oulare and the Rootsmanding ensemble attended once again a public concert performance at the Bavarian Africa Festival at Ingolstadt, this time accompanied by a performance of the African Acrobats. Here some photographs from that day:

IN OLD UNITY THESE THREE MUSICAL ARTISTS AND FRIENDS
The West-African Ensemble Rootsmanding are in core: Alpha Oulare – Diehi Tanguy Franck – Sam Jarju, here in Ingolstadt, June 2022
 
( From the Ingolstadt Festival website )

Other Impressions from the 2022 Ingolstadt Africa Festival … It had been rather cold this year…

HERE A LONG OSTINATO FOR THE SKILLFUL AFRICAN ACROBATS FROM GHANA …
Guests and in background the stage
Festival stage during a sound-check
Other performers at night time
The Festival stage during sound check / end of another concert performance

Next german Africa Festival concerts of the Rootsmanding ensemble:

RUDOLSTADT / THURINGIA. On two days the Rootsmanding ensemble will grant public performances at the famous Rudolstadt Roots, Folk and Worldmusic Festival (July, 9th and 10th, 2022, in the evening hours). We thank Mrs. Claudia Kästner for her sympathy, support and concrete help.

( From the Rudolstadt Festival website )

Postscriptum: Alpha Oulare and the Ensemble Rootsmanding finally did not perform at Rudolstadt in this year 2022 — read here for more explanations and a review of else participating African musicians.

LEIPZIG / WEST SAXONY. We use the opportunity to advert also for the two-day International Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS at Leipzig, on July 30th and 31st, 2022. Alpha Oulare will be present on both days, performing with the Rootsmanding ensemble and directing / introducing into the Free Interactive Community Concert of the 1000 Drums jam session all guest are invited to bring own instruments with them for. This festival had been established in 2019 and is supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig.

(German-Language information from the YILP International Festival staff — click onto text to read the festival website blog 1000 Drums)

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