LABEL benkadi fòli series – Benkadi

LABEL benkadi fòli series

An audio-visual label for music cultures in Africa

Numerous musical genres performed in the rural areas of Africa are threatened by extinction. To safeguard them, to erect a memorial and to interest the younger generations for their heritage, BENKADI founded its Label with three series:

Series I: Traditional Music

Mali – Dogon

Guinea – Tambin

Mali – Timbuktu

Mali – Khasonke/Soninke

Mali – Buwa

Series II: Worldfusion

Mali Trio Project

Series III: Africa in pictures

GHANA PANORAMA. Polydelic Rhythms from the Guinea Coast (57min)

© benkadi fòli series III. Africa in pictures vol. 1. DVD 2010

MAURITANIA: NOUAKCHOTT & CHINGUETTI (33min)

© benkadi fòli series III. Africa in pictures vol. 2. DVD 2015

MUSICAL TRADITIONS IN MALI IN THE 90s

The cultural richness of the people in the North
© benkadi fòli series III. Afrika in Bildern vol. 4. DVD 2021

MUSICAL TRADITIONS IN MALI IN THE 90s

The cultural richness of the Bamana, Dogon and Bwa
© benkadi fòli series III. Africa in pictures vol. 4. DVD 2021