Musicians from Germany and Senegal Collaborate for ‘Amanké Dionti’

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CD cover 'Amanke Dionti' by Volker Goetze and Ablaye Cissoko.

CD cover 'Amanke Dionti' by Volker Goetze and Ablaye Cissoko.

A musical pairing between a Senegalese kora player and singer and a German jazz trumpet player caught the ear of KCRW’s Tom Schnabel recently. The musicians are: Ablaye Cissoko from Senegal and Volker Goetze from Germany.

The result is their new album called “Amanké Dionti.” One of the songs from the album is called “Haiti.” It’s about the country before and after the earthquake in 2010, but it goes even further than that. Haiti has historical connections to Senegal. A lot of slaves were captured off the coast of Senegal and sent to Haiti. This video to the song covers those connections.


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