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Lucy and Bassekou Kouyate

Lucy and Bassekou Kouyate

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WORLD ROUTES

Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by Roger Short
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling

Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax. 020 7765 4378
e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk

Saturday 24 March 2007, 3:00pm


Readings are taken from Travels in the Interior of Africa by Mungo Park (Wordsworth Editions Ltd.)
and read by Graeme Kay


Lucy intro in the market at Segou

Babani Kone: Solio (0.36)
Babani Kone Band: Everyone goes to Segou (4.26)
http://www.babanikone.net/
Listen to Babani Kone at the Festival on the Niger

Reading 1

Interview: Daouda Ballo
Daouda Ballo is a Malian teacher and scholar

Bassekou Kouyate: Bajuru (5.52)
Bassekou Kouyate: Damonzon instrumental (1.30)
Vocals: Ami Sacko
Bassekou Kouyate's album Segu Blue is released on the Out Here label (OH 007)
http://www.outhere.de/
http://www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate

Interview with Bassekou Kouyate at the grave of Damonzon

Bassekou Kouyate: Damonzon (4.48)

Interview with Daouda Ballo

Babani Kone: Bambouguchi (4.27)

Bassekou Kouyate: Bambouguchi instrumental (1.24)

Reading 2

Interview with Bassekou Kouyate

Bassekou Kouyate: Poi (6.02)
With older brother Modibo Kouyate on ngoni and mother Yakare Damba singing

Babani Kone group: Kiri te massa nemache (2.43)

Reading 3

Interview with Daouda Ballo

Babani Kone: Everyone goes to Segou (4.38)

All music was recorded specially on location for this programme

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