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As
a Master drummer for more than ten years, Amadou is a trustee of
the ancestral heritage of Burkina Faso. Every year he teaches numerous
workshops and internship courses.
He
is handing down his knowledge as it was handed down to him by his
father and his grandfather, as is the tradition of the Mandingue.
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If
he travels alone or with his band (Ensemble Foteban), he organizes
workshops, master dance classes, initiation classes and apprenticeships
on the djembe and other percussion instruments.
As
an Ambassador of Africa and Burkina Faso, he perpetuates the
tradition of the praise singers of the Mandingue.
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Each
and every year, Amadou travels all over the world, lecturing
on the role of the praise singers in the traditional African
societies.
In
August at Ouagadougou, be brings together interns from all
over the world to participate in workshops on playing the
djembe and also repair, tuning and setting up of instruments.
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All of these internship courses
offered in Africa promote direct contact with the local population
and helps to promote tourism. |
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In
addition to offering hands-on workshops, Amadou has researched
the best methods to teach students to play the djembe.
Amadou
has now produced instructional videos utilizing his didactic
teaching methods to facilitate the student’s learning and
make the learning more accessible to all students of the djembe.
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