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Percussion-Workshop in Leipzig am 3.4.5. Oktober 2025 zu Traditionellen Rhythmen der Malinke und Suso in Guinea (Vorankündigung und Einladung mit Bitte um rechtzeitige Buchung der Teilnahme) — YouTube Channel news — Chemnitz Africa Festival 2025…


September → Oktober 2025

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Öffentliche Ankündigung und Einladung

PERCUSSION-WORKSHOP IN LEIPZIG
TRADITIONELLE RHYTHMEN
DER MALINKE UND SUSO AUS GUINEA
MIT MEISTERTROMMLER ALPHA OULARE
MUSIKLEHRER UND ENSEMBLELEITER
AUS GUINEA CONAKRY UND LEIPZIG
AM 3.4.5. OKTOBER 2025

(Hinweis, dass ex­terne Werbe­an­zei­gen, wo­mög­lich hier obig oder unten nach­fol­gend ein­ge­blen­det sicht­bar, lei­der auf­er­legt von Word­press.com und von uns nicht aus­ge­wählt/be­stimmt wor­den sind — wir bit­ten um Ih­re / Eu­re Nach­sicht!)

Datum:
Blockseminar / Wochenend-Workshop
Freitag, 3. Oktober 2025, 15–18 Uhr
Samstag, 4. Oktober 2025, 15–18 Uhr
Sonntag, 5. Oktober 2025, 15–18 Uhr

(Mindest-Teilnehmerinnen-/-Teilnehmer-Zahl: sieben (7),
maximal zehn (10) Plätze.)

Ort: Hupfeld-Center
Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16,
D-04178 Leipzig (Erreichbar mit S-Bahn S1, Tram 7
bis S-Bahnhof Leipzig-Leutzsch, Bus; kostenlose PKW- und Radparkplätze im Hof des Areals)
Aufgang C (drittes Obergeschoss, leider noch immer keine Fahrstühle/Barrierefreiheit!)

Kursgebühr: für gesamt drei Tage freundliche 120 €
(ermäßigt° nur 100 €)

Bitte reservieren Sie rechtzeitig!
Die Teilnehmerinnen-/Teilnehmer-Zahl
ist auf zehn (10) Personen begrenzt,
mindestens sieben (7) Teilnehmerinnen/Teilnehmer
sind nötig, dass der Kurs stattfinden wird.

 
ANKÜNDIGUNG der seltenen Ge­legen­heit eines Per­cussion-Work­shops zur tra­di­tio­nellen west­afrika­ni­schen Mu­sik Gui­neas als drei­tägi­ges Block­semi­nar am Wo­chen­en­de des 3., 4. und 5. Okto­ber 2025 im Leipzi­ger Hup­feld-Cen­ter ver­anstal­tet vom Meis­ter­tromm­ler (dem ehe­mali­gen Mit­glied des Gui­ne­ischen Na­tio­nal­ballets, der En­sembles Kon­koure Bam­ba, Sugé und ande­rer Grup­pen) und Musik­lehrer (das heißt auch Be­grün­der meh­re­rer Per­cussions­schu­len in Eu­ropa) Herrn Al­pha Ou­la­re (aus Cona­kry und Leip­zig). Bitte mer­ken Sie vor: Per­cussion-Work­shop Block­semi­nar zu den tradi­tio­nel­len Rhyth­men der Malin­ke und Su­so für die Djembé-Trom­mel Spie­lende in Beglei­tung von Dunun­ba und Sang­ba, gleicher­maßen für alle Inter­essier­ten: An­fänge­rin­nen, An­fän­ger, Fort­geschrit­tene, pro­fessio­nelle Musi­ke­rin­nen und Mu­si­ker al­ler Musik­rich­tun­gen an­ge­legt, be­kömm­lich und er­fah­rens­wert an den Nach­mit­ta­gen des ers­ten Okto­ber-Wo­chen­en­des im freund­lichen Pro­be- und Unter­richts­raum des Musik­leh­rers im Leip­zi­ger Hup­feld-Center (Lud­wig-Hup­feld-Stra­ße 16, in der Nä­he vom S-Bahn­hof Leip­zig Leutzsch, Stra­ßen­bahn­linie 7 und Bus­an­bin­dun­gen, mit Park­mög­lich­kei­ten auf dem Ge­län­de). Der Unter­richt wird je­weils um 15 Uhr be­gin­nen und an al­len Ta­gen min­des­tens drei Stun­den dau­ern mit kur­zen Pau­sen und klei­nem Im­biß. Es ent­fällt kei­ne ge­son­der­te Miet­ge­bühr für die Nut­zung der Trom­meln aus Gui­nea / West­afri­ka, son­dern nur eine Gesamt­kurs­ge­bühr von 120 (ein­hun­dert­zwan­zig) Eu­ro (€) für alle drei Ta­ge. Die­ses eben­so sit­ten­kon­for­me wie rechts­gül­ti­ge An­gebot ist sel­ten in die­ser Art und in sei­nem Preis güns­tig, ei­ne freund­liche Ges­te an alle Inter­essier­ten: ° Eine zu­sätz­li­che Er­mäßi­gung der Kurs­ge­bühr auf einhundert (100) Euro (€) wird Aus­zu­bil­den­den, Stu­den­tin­nen und Stu­den­ten, Ju­gend­li­chen bis 18 Jah­ren und Se­nio­rin­nen, Se­nio­ren ge­währt wer­den. Bit­te mel­den Sie sich / bitte mel­det Euch recht­zei­tig an, da die Teil­neh­me­rin­nen-/Teil­neh­mer­zahl be­grenzt ist. Wei­ter­füh­rende Fra­gen be­ant­wor­tet Herr Alpha Ou­lare freundlich und kompetent fern­münd­lich und schrift­lich. Bitte zögert nicht, Euch zu melden!



[Click above for announcement and entry at www.Musik-Anzeigen.com.
General information about Alpha Oulare’s musical lessons can be found here (.pdf, German language)]


Veranstalter

Musiklehrer & Musiker Herr Alpha Oulare
Institut Sunjata de famille Djembéfola Monsieur Alpha Oulare

Leipzig, Kontakt: Telefon und WhatsApp unter 0178 56 34 016
oder (ein Click!) Call Alpha (tagsüber 15–19/20 Uhr),
E-Mail über aoulare.art@gmail.com,
social-media Facebook-Messenger
fb.com/alfa-oulare
oder über unser(e bei­den) Kontaktformular(e) unten:

(Weitere Informationen auch dort:
Google Inc. YouTube-Kanal youtube.com/@alphaoulare
Google Inc. Internetsuche — A.O.)


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Weitere Hinweise:

Postscriptum. Zum Musik­unter­richt bei Mu­sik­leh­rer und Pro­fi­mu­si­ker Al­pha Ou­la­re all­ge­mein könnt Ihr / kön­nen Sie nach­le­sen un­ter tiny­url.com/ao­inf­125 — als Hör­pro­be ei­nes gan­zen Mu­sik­al­bums von Al­phas En­semble Su­gé schaut auf ar­chive.org/de­tails/01-su­ge (Dank an das inter­natio­na­le Inter­net Ar­chive!) oder [ao].band­camp.com.
… In Vor­be­rei­tung ste­hen Demo-Auf­nah­men von neu­en Stü­cken, auch ei­ner re­vi­dier­ten zeit­an­ge­pass­ten Fas­sung des Ala­kha­won­ma­ly-Al­bums selbst, hat Djembé­fola Al­pha Ou­la­re doch be­reits Ma­te­ri­al für min­des­tens vier Al­ben im Geis­te vor­be­rei­tet, mu­si­ka­lisch ent­wi­ckelt. Nächs­ter öf­fent­li­cher Auf­tritt von Sugé könn­te üb­ri­gens das Chem­nit­zer Ku­ka­ye-Mo­to-Culture-Club-Af­ri­ka­fes­ti­val am 16. No­vem­ber 2025 wer­den, dann Al­pha Ou­la­re & Sugé als Head­liner. Vie­len Dank für Euer Inter­esse und Eu­re wohl­mei­nen­de An­teil­nahme!  A.O.
pps. Ab­schlie­ßend die dring­li­che Bit­te mit Ver­weis auf Al­pha Ou­la­res Haus­recht, dass Stö­re­rin­nen und Stö­rer, (Vi­deo-)Stal­ker­/~in­nen und an­de­re Nach­stel­ler­/~in­nen, stets auch Ha­cker­/~in­nen, Hass­ver­bre­cher/~in­nen, bit­te fern blei­ben mö­gen. Das Block­semi­nar ist als fried­li­ches und sit­ten­kon­for­mes Mu­sik­er­eig­nis kon­zi­piert. Dank an Freund Till Bommer in Ber­lin für das Por­trait­foto. Die Per­sön­lich­keits­rech­te al­ler Be­tei­lig­ten sol­len in der nicht-öf­fent­li­chen Ver­an­stal­tung nach un­se­ren Prin­zi­pi­en und Kräf­ten ge­wahrt blei­ben, zum Bei­spiel ein­ge­denk des Rech­tes am Ei­ge­nen Bild… Vie­len Dank für Eu­er Ver­ständ­nis und Eu­re Hil­fe: Be­dro­her/Be­dro­he­rin­nen, Stal­ker und ih­re Gangs (!) wer­den ört­­li­chen und inter­natio­na­len Po­li­zei- und an­de­ren er­mit­teln­den Diens­ten und Or­ga­ni­sa­tio­nen stra­fan­an­ge­zeigt, War­nung! (Wie fan­den (S)ie zu uns? Hof­fent­lich nicht als illega­le Aus­spä­her unse­rer gesetz­lich ge­schütz­ten Tele-Kom­muni­ka­tion, also als Mit­glie­der des straf­ver­folg­ten Orga­ni­sier­ten ver­fas­sungs­feind­li­chen Ver­bre­chens!) Die­ses un­ser Ange­bot ist al­lein fried­li­cher sitten­kon­former ernst­hafter Musik­unterricht — Wir ha­ben das Haus­recht in­ne! — a.o.


Zu Djembéfola Alpha Oulare


Mehr / more:


Alpha Oulare & Sugé: Alakhawonmaly!!
DIEU sera avec nous!! GOD will help us!! (review & echo mix)
(Berlin: Gamton 2000; Bandcamp 2022 — original version)

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MEANWHILE, you also might con­sult Al­pha’s of­ficial You­Tube channel to find more mu­si­cal and in­form­ative clips re­lated to his mu­sic, or play­lists of other great mu­sicians from Guinea and West Af­ri­ca, alike further in­spi­ration…

Oben: (Die Djembé mag Dich leiden lassen, sie eröffnet Dir aber auch ein weiteres, tieferes und neues Verständnis der uns umgebenden Natur.)

(Weltmusik — Folklore — Trommelstudien — Tanzmusik — Afrikanische Musik — Trommelmusik — Ernste Musik)

(barrierefrei: Sprachausgabe)

(Finally a mere experimental video advertizement, created by Google Inc. Notebook LM)

(mere in deutscher Umgangs­spra­che,
but intendedly zur Be­för­de­rung der Bar­rie­re­frei­heit)

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ALSO


bitte nicht verpassen:
3.4.5. Oktober 2025 in Leipzig!

Rechtzeitige Anmeldung
ist von Vorteil!



Vielen herzlichen Dank!


Beitrag zuletzt bearbeitet am 1.10.2025. — Kontakt.
Kurzadresse: tinyurl.com/djembe1025


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Nazis, racists, anti-Africans,
intended neo-colonial usurpators, censors and expropriators stay far!
They are not wanted, but rejected; they will never participate.

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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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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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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…

Children’s drumming lessons: Djembé weekly on Sunday afternoon (Trommelunterricht für Kinder in Leipzig) — Educational and salutary ressources for Kids / Activities

Übersetzen ins Deutsche?  These friendly and useful children’s lessons are held successfully yet for many years, beside the main elder drumming courses and African dance workshops:

Event organized by Alpha Oulare
Sundays 3–4 p.m.
Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16, 04178 Leipzig, Germany
Running time: 1 hour
Public
Every Sunday afternoon drumming lessons for children led by master drummer Alpha Oulare.
Registration & further information: Telephone Alpha Oulares 0178-5634016 (also WhatsApp)

At the age of five he learned to play the drums in the national ballet in Guinea, and later he became one of the best percussionists in his country. Since 1998 he has enriched the Afro music scene in Germany. He worked as a musician and teacher in Berlin, Stuttgart and since 2016 also in Leipzig. Alpha Oulare is married husband and has several own children.

(Hear sounds from the album »Alakhawonmaly!! DIEU sera avec nous!! GOD will help us« by Alpha Oulare & Sugé — to be found here)

Form of teaching:

  • in the group
  • instruments of different sizes can be provided for the lesson depending on the age of the child, or you can bring your own drum
  • together with the children, the first rhythms are worked out step by step and practiced in the group
  • the children are treated with great sensitivity and the individual learning process is accompanied
  • different levels and previous experiences are included and promoted in the lessons
  • one-to-one lessons are of course also possible by prior arrangement, or sharing the group depending on the number of participants
  • other course dates and times on request
  • the lessons take place taking into account the current health situation

Venue: Hupfeldcenter, Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16, 04178 Leipzig: Meeting point in the courtyard, staircase C — we go to the room together.

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Pour les enfants — hear also some West-African children’s songs, animation for young persons: Comptines d’Afrique

[These are Nursery Rhymes from Africa: »Welcome to the number-one YouTube channel of animated African nursery rhymes — Chain that connects and transmits — Welcoming channel where we play, cook, dance, sing, clap our hands and invent the future — Channel that puts its values into practice, benevolence, empathy, education — Welcome to COMPTINES D’AFRIQUE, African children’s songs channel — Best way for our children to become world citizens« (ibid.)]
(Click on the above images (screenshot) to find more videos of different length and theme. — Listeners and viewers of any age and early readers might learn the French language and African languages by this too. The music appears to be very tasteful. But be careful about television and new media in general, regarding the child’s mental health and natural learning, abilities!)

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(Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages, F 2005)
You should consider if to purchase this film trilogy
as digital copies from vendors for your children.

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Die Rechte des Kindes :
(UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child, version for children translated into german language)

Might the future of our children be peaceful and safe, this our pious wish and mission!


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Finally, for the parents another more general advertizement by Mister Oulare, as friendly reminder:


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Percussion Courses with Alpha Oulare

HINWEISE IN DEUTSCHER SPRACHE HIER

How to Join our Weekly Percussion courses in our Rehearsal Room at LEIPZIG (two-hour workshop on Saturday afternoon)

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Remind the necessarity students of Mister Oulare regularly to attend the workshop and submit their weekly, monthly or quarterly fee: it will help to settle the rent and cost for the friendly rehearsal and workshop rooms that are, beside for rehearsals of the Musicians’ projects, not rented or used else!

You can freely register for an introductory free first course, join the weekly series of workshops that contain demonstration, explanation, common play and exchange, excersizes/etudes in refinement of the interpretation, play and usage of several West-African rhythms, techniques, skills, moods and tempers… — Please inform me, Alpha, in advance if you will miss a workshop as friend and student fellow, stay in contact!

We will meet weekly every Saturday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm Percussion Workshop = one unit for 20 € (Euros). You can Mr. Alpha Oulare either by phone, WhatsApp or contact by social-media Facebook, dials and addresses for found here). Please tell Mister Oulare if you want to join for a first cost-free introductory session, join in general, miss one event, pause, abandon in general, or, if you wish more information or, to debate questions.

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Workshop location and address

REHEARSAL AND COURSE ROOM

Hupfeld Center

Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16 C

Leipzig, Saxony D-04157

Germany

aoulare.art@gmail.com (incoming mail not instantly read)

0049 178 56 34 016 (connects to cellphone)

Whatsapp (to submit a message by protocol)

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The Rehearsal and Workshop Room are located within the Ludwig Hupfeld Center at Leipzig, district Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, and can be reached so by fast S-Train or Tram (7) respective Bus connections. The room in atmosphere is bright, interesting friendly and clean. By S-Train the ride to this place shall take only few minutes:

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Welcome and thanks to new Percussion Students — first Announcement of Weekend Workshop in Autumn 2022 — new Pricing for the Bandcamp Sugé .mp3 re-release — two Videos from the Berlin Cultural Carneval 2007/2013 — weekly Sunday Courses for West-African Dance (Afrodance at the Leipzig Hupfeldcenter 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

THIS IN SHORT: We thank all new musical students and friends that joined Alpha Oulare’s Djembé lessons on this Saturday, August, the 20st, 2022, for the first time: what mighty sound yet, when playing together in group. Now about three female and four male drum students might hopefully attend the weekly two-hour lesson regularly — — yet having been announced, but not as yet concrete in time: this Autumn’s two-day weekend workshop later in the year… Students and all interested musicians shall receive the opportunity to learn and perform special own compositions by Alpha Oulare then. Might the event become sound-recorded?

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CLICK BELOW TO CONNECT TO THE BANDCAMP PORTAL OF ALPHA OULARE. You will find the before entrance prices for the year 2000 Sugé Album now reduced to common standard. The opening track SUGÉ offered here for only 80 euro-cents. / Page description and colours have changed…

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Two Google Inc. YouTube videos from the Berlin Carneval of Cultures / Karneval der Kulturen 1996ff. (2007 and 2013)

(2007 Berlin Carneval of Cultures with drum players from Guinea)
(Six years later, in 2013, again drummers from Guinea)

Alpha Oulare himself … participated at the cultural festival in before years as member of  La Fôret Sacrée, Konkobá, Sugé [links from Alpha’s newly updated Discographies profile] and as solo performer respective in free communion with other musicians and dancers, guests of the Carneval.

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KONKOBA. By occasion another search at the SoundCloud music portal resulting in songs named Konkoba (embedding here at first Mamady Keïta, you should find also pieces by Tourmani Diabaté, Cissoko System and maybe more artists from West Africa and beyond):

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Reminder:

»Liebe Freunde der afrikanischen Musik!!! Wir starten wieder durch und hoffen, ihr habt genauso viel Lust wie wir!!! Unter Beachtung der aktuellen Coronaregelungen können wir wieder unterrichten. Folgende Kurse bieten wir für euch an:

»Djembe für Erwachsene: Samstag 16–18 Uhr

»Afrotanz : Sonntag 15–17 Uhr

»NEU!!!! Djembe für Kinder: Sonntag 14–15 Uhr (ab 4 Jahre)

»Weitere Termine und Gruppen auf Anfrage!

»Ort: Ludwig-Hupfeldstr.16 / Leipzig

»Wer kann kommen? Alle die Spaß an westafrikanischen Rhythmen haben, diese gern erlernen möchten, sich auspowern oder einfach Freude am Musizieren verspüren möchten! Es ist für jeden was dabei: schaut vorbei und probiert es aus – wir freuen uns auf euch!« (Facebook, Mai 2021)

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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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[ We feel sorry for the external adverts below: ]

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 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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Djembe comparison (visual from pictures)

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 sounding individual musical 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.

COMPARE E-BAY OFFERS OF DJEMBE DRUMS (DIFFERENT CONDITION, ORIGIN, PRICE LEVELS)

CLICK BELOW ON IMAGE TO OPEN CURRENT EBAY SEARCH ON “DJEMBÈ”…

 
 
… AGAINST THE CURRENT SORTIMENT OF WEST-AFRICAN DJEMBÉFOLA=MASTER DRUMS THAT IS OFFERED BY MISTER ALPHA OULARE LEIPZIG / GUINEA CONAKRY

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Offer: West-African Musical Instruments as Tools of Trade — you can contact Mister Alpha Oulare to purchase these quality items manufactured by African musicians!

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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 Africa
These 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…
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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:

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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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PREVIEW / REVIEW

The first public announcement and invitation for 2023 dated back March 24th, 2022

It currently appears, as if the announced Music Workshop Journey to Guinea Conakry / Isle of Roume could take place a few months later that year 2023, in Autumn. Updates of the invitation will follow…

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June 25th, 2022, afternoon at the Hupfeld Center Rehearsal and Workshop Room

NOT UNIMPORTANT : Musical instruments as Djembé drums, D(o)und(o)uns of several sizes up to the great-sounding Balafon, more, Shakers and string instruments as Kora, N’Goni and Bolong, each with supply can be test-played at and purchased from Alpha Oulare(‘s) as well — you will find detailed catalog images and information on pricing for instruments handcrafted by African musicians here in soon future… POST SCRIPTUM: Meanwhile these statements have been added to this website, in first revision. Look here, please also forward as link: tinyurl.com/aotrade. We thank you!

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ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND TO CONSIDER : REALIZE : Support of Development Aid for Guinea are another concern of Mister Alpha Oulare. Contact him directly to find understanding of his ideas on international economic exchange, so in textile industry to establish manufacturing in country, entrepreneurship in this strengthening the Guinean social system and young adults and families in need.



Sewing technologies and more for textiles and clothing for Guinean collaboratives and entrepreneurs, skill training and human-sustainable-fair production? Container shipping to Guinea Conakry – administrative financial support, logistics, trade goods, technology and wares? Know how? — More on all of this here soon…

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June 25th, 2022, afternoon at the Hupfeld Center Rehearsal and Workshop Room

These eight of currently 16 Djembé drums sound authentical and good! Many more and more different musical instruments from West-Africa are offered; they can be ordered, manufactured, modified or repaired, tuned by experienced African musicians at fair prices — ask for details and costs! Interested persons are invited to try out instruments in place.


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