Sylla Music provides West African dance and drum performances and interactive and fun music, drum and dance workshops for adults and children of all skill levels in a variety of settings, from universities and schools to festivals to private events. African American Cultural and Heritage Facility. A recent medical study has shown an increase in brain efficiency and communication between the hemispheres with long term music practice, particularly in drummers. Medical News Today. Science Daily.
Thanks for those of you checkin' out the pics of the Guinea adventures! Some of you might be saying, "Can't you post a smaller album of some of the better shots? I get that all the time. Some day, yeah. Then I'll worry about editing albums. These are all friends and teachers of mine in Conakry, Guinea, Africa. No amount of photos can capture the magic that went on there in 3 wks. I only took out my cam when I was asked to at first in any new place. Whenever Abou said to put it away, I didn't even ask about taking it out again until we were some place else.
If you're white in Guinea,you stick out. You're a spectacle. Children line up to chant, "Fote white guy , how are you? Everyone who's selling something wants your money. Probably the price of my relatively inexpensive camera could support a family there for a year. On top of this, as a foreigner who doesn't speak their languages, you basically depend on others to take care of you.
The surreality was not lost on me. Oh yeah, the water bags have a white Santa Clause on them in a mostly Islamic nation where scant is the sight of the white man. All of the baby dolls I saw were white. If we arrive, chairs are set out for us while others take a seat on steps below us.
When we need a place to sleep, we sleep in their bed while they sleep on the floor. I have no idea how the breakdown for the payment of all the contributors was. A little US money goes a long way there. For us, it was a reasonable program fee.
