Don Woulila African Dance Troupe featuring Bolokada Conde
Don Woulila is an African Drum and Dance Ensemble based in Santa Cruz California.  Made of of American students, Don Woulila works closely with African dancers and drummers to help create a powerfully entertaining arrangement of dance choreography and live drumming. This DVD shows Don Woulila's first major performance, featuring Djemb_ master, Bolokada Conde from Guinea, West Africa. Bolokada is originally from a village in Guinea, named Morowaya, and has gained world-wide fame from performing as lead soloist for "Les Percussions de Guinee". Bolokada is an amazing djembe virtuoso and this video will impress anyone who likes djembe drumming!    Also featured are two amazing Griot balafone players, Chairno and Karumba Diabte, also from Guinea, West Africa. They play beautifully together and really make the performance an impressive mix of melody and high energy music.    This video contains one consistent camera angle from the back of the performance space, La Pe_a Cultural Center, in Berkeley California.  The performance was on August 27, 2005 and was almost completely sold out.  We hope funds from the sale of this video can further our goals in spreading African drum and dance in our communities, as well as, help communities and villages in West Africa.  We thank you for your support and hope you enjoy this high energy drum and dance performance video.    Hosted by Vijay Rakhra.