KABUDU ''DOUNIYA'' (SIERRA LEONA) @ [160k]

KABUDU

''DOUNIYA''

(SIERRA LEONA) @

Kabudu is a dynamic group of performers celebrating the traditional and contemporary cultures of West Africa through music, dance and theatre. Formed in 1997 by Ayodele Scott, and based in Devon, UK, Kabudu has members from Gambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Benin, Senegal, Ghana and the UK. This diversity of talent accounts for the great variety of styles encompassed in their music.

"Salam malakum to we douniya"

"Greetings to the people of the world"

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KABUDU– energetic, expressive, dynamic and joyful

KABUDU is a dynamic group of performers celebrating the traditional and contemporary cultures of West Afrika through music, dance and theatre. Formed in 1997 by Ayodele Scott and based in Devon, Kabudu has members from Gambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Benin, Senegal, Ghana, Jamaica and the UK. Through the medium of percussion, kora, song and lyrical dance, Kabudu create a richly woven tapestry of senses evoking a journey through African performance styles.

Roughly translated, the name means "all of us" and it was the aim of Ayodele Scott and his company to involve everyone in the spirit of the performance.

KABUDU is a unique and joyous fusion of ages, musical backgrounds and cultural roots. KABUDU has performed for example at Glastonbury Festival, WOMAD and Sidmouth International Festival of Folk Arts etc. KABUDU was touring with performance called Douniya that combined West and Southern African music, songs and dance, evoking a journey through African performance styles.

"Ayo is an accomplished communicator with a wry sense of humour, and it is his mission to interlink cultures and break down barriers... There was a wonderful air of seemingly random spontaneity about the whole evening, clearly the result of much experience in communal improvisation. As a final, Ayo managed to fill the stage with dancers of all ages from the audience, and the evening ended as an impromptu party." Gavin Wilinson, Newbury Weekly News, May 2002

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