Tasana Camara, the Glossary
Tasana Camara (born January 24, 1958) is a balafon, djembe, and kora player hailing from Conakry, Guinea in West Africa.[1]
Table of Contents
5 relations: Balafon, Conakry, Djembe, Kora (instrument), Music of Africa.
- Balafonists
- Guinean Kora players
- Guinean emigrants to the United States
- People from Conakry
Balafon
The balafon (pronounced, or, by analogy with xylophone etc.) is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone.
Conakry
Conakry (Kɔnakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea.
Djembe
A djembe or jembe (from Malinke jembe, N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.
Kora (instrument)
The kora (Manding languages: italics kɔra) is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa.
See Tasana Camara and Kora (instrument)
Music of Africa
Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions.
See Tasana Camara and Music of Africa
See also
Balafonists
- Facinet Bangoura
- Tasana Camara
- Yaya Diallo
Guinean Kora players
- Ba Cissoko
- Djeli Moussa Diawara
- Mory Kanté
- N'Faly Kouyate
- Tasana Camara
Guinean emigrants to the United States
- Amara Soumah
- Bolokada Conde
- Dantouma Toure
- Manimou Camara
- Tasana Camara
People from Conakry
- Aissata Toure
- Alpha Yaya Diallo
- Aminata Touré (Guinean politician)
- Cheick Fantamady Camara
- Diaka Camara
- Folly Bah Thibault
- Hadja Idrissa Bah
- Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba
- Hadji Barry
- Jacques Boston
- Katoucha Niane
- Lamine Kaba Sherif
- Mahawa Bangoura
- Mamady Youla
- Raymond-Marie Tchidimbo
- Sékouba Konaté
- Tasana Camara
- Tigui Camara