Yaya Diallo

Yaya Diallo

:"For the Guinean guitarist and composer based in Vancouver, Canada, see Alpha Yaya Diallo."Yaya Diallo (born 1946) is a Malian (Fienso, Koutiala Circle, Sikasso Region, French Sudan (now Mali)) drummer, author, and recording artist in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He specializes in the goblet-shaped hand drum called "djembe".

Background

Diallo was born to a nomadic Peul father and a Minianka (Bamana) [from "The Healing Drum", p. 8: "In fact, while the term Minianka is officially recognized today as the designation for Yaya's people, they do not refer to themselves by that name. They prefer to call themselves Bamana, which means 'those who refuse the master'."] mother, and was raised in a culture that works, worships, lives and breathes to the beat of the Drum. An instrument for transmitting traditional knowledge among the Minianka, the drum is the focal point of Diallo's life story and his link, through the universal medium of music, with the Western world.

Musical career

Diallo's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the Université de Montréal and training in a variety of African instruments: Minianka "tam-tam" (talking drum), Senufo "balafon" (xylophone), Mandingo "tama", or talking drum, and the Afro-Cuban congas. His 1980 debut album "Nangape", an instrumental album of African drumming, balafon and flute music, brought recognition to his profound knowledge of traditional African healing arts. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He is the co-author of "The Healing Drum: African Wisdom and Teaching", and has released a CD by the same name, as well as several other CDs.

Books

*Diallo, Yaya, and Mitchell Hall (1989). "The Healing Drum: African Wisdom and Teaching". Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books.

Partial discography

*1980 - "Nangape"
*1989 - "Live at Club Soda" (Onzou Records)
*1994 - "The Healing Drum"
*1995 - "Dounoukan"
*1999 - "Dombaa Folee: Minianka Medicine" (Onzou Records)

References

External links

* [http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=20847 Yaya Diallo biography]


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