line up

• Akinola Famson (percussion, vocal)
• Aly Keita (Ballafon)
• Badu Mbaye (percussion, vocal)
• Djatou Touré (vocal)
• Djelifily Sako  (Kora, Vocal)
• Ekow Alabi  (percussion, vocal)
• Ibrahim Djabaté  (Kora, Vocal)
• Maja Joel Dürr (fluete, voc)
• Mori Djabaté  (Kora, Vocal)
• Peter Subway (Guitar, Vocal)
• Sasha Pushkin (piano, vocal)
• Souleymane Touré (perc., voc.)
• Yoro Mbaye  (percussion, vocal)

• country:
  Ivory Coast
• region or city:
  West Africa
• style(s):
  Afro Traditional
• label:
  not signed
• type:
  Band, Composer/Songwriter
• gender:
  male
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  AHOI artists + events

TALKING DRUM GURU
BAMBARA KING

Traditional & Jazz
Accompaniment with poets and theatre performance
Own compositions

SOULEYMANE TOURE was born on the 18th of October 1938 in Doloa, into a Griot-Family.
SOULEYMANE is called 'Papa Toure' by all the Africans in Berlin, but that's wrong he is 'Opapapa Toure' and belongs to the famous figures in Berlin (since 1992) and everybody has heard his RAKATAKATAKATAKADAAA.

Master in almost all percussion instruments and gives lessons such as djembe, congas, timbales, bongos, cabassa, steel drums, cow bells, drums, trarabuka, home-made and talking drums.

SOULEYMANE has played with MAMADOU DOUMBIA, MANU DIBANGO, MIRIAM MAKEBA and the legendary Broadcast Orchestra from the metropolis Abidjian. He was co-founder of ALPHA BLONDIS band and entered the charts with the Hit 'Brigadier Sabari' in 1982. He visited all the continents of this planet with countless concerts and groups.
Since 1992 Souleymane Toure has been living in Berlin.

SOLO-CONCERTS
& with his daughter: DJATOU TOURE - Singer of Malinke, who lives in Berlin since 1997.

ACADEMIE PERCUSSION

& PETER SUBWAY - Rock'n' Pop'n' Folk'n' Roll

Links

• AHOI
• Academie Percussion