Old footage of Les Ballets Africains. Founded in Paris in 1952, it’s composed of dancers and acrobats (athletes!) with a full band (balafon, percussions, Kora…) and djembefolas.
They’re still active, although less & less outside Guinea…
Here’s when they performed for the United Nations…
Originally shared by Djeli Moussa Diawara
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The following video was filmed 6 years ago: http://vimeo.com/26454296
They’re great!!! Thank you very much!