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African music on World Music Festivals in Europe, 2003:
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January 22 - 26, 2003:
Le merveilleux en Afrique noire, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France.
With Baaba Maal (24/1); traditional music of the Bassa and of the Tikar (both from Cameroon; 25/1); Konono no.1 (Congo), Djeli Moussa Diawara (26/1).
February 26 - March 1, 2003:
Strictly Mundial 2003, Le Dock des Suds, Marseilles, France.
With Ba Cissoko (Guinea); Viviane N'Dour (Senegal).
March 6 - April 4, 2003:
20me Banlieues bleues, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
With Cheikh Lô (19 March) and Orchestre Baobab (26 March, La Courneuve).
March 28, 2003:
Festival Chorus des Hauts de Seine, France.
With Diogal Sakho (28 March, Salle Le Pacy, Issy-les-Moulineaux).
May 24-25, 2003:
The 26th Dunya Festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
With on Saturday 24 May: Super Rail Band (Mali), Afra Sound Stars (Angola);
On Sunday 25 May: Positive Black Soul feat. Pee Froiss (Senegal), Manu Dibango with the Metropole Orkest (Cameroon/Netherlands).
May 26 - June 11, 2003:
The 14th Afro-Pfingsten in Winterthur, Switzerland.
With: Alpha Blondy, Positive Black Soul, Pee Froiss, Cheb Mami, Tabu Ley, Sekouba Bambino, Issa Bagayogo with Djigui Traore, Coco Mbassi, Mabulu, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
May 29 - June 1, 2003:
The 15th Afrika Festival in Würzburg, Germany.
With: on 29/5: Badenya-Les Frères Coulibaly (Burkina Faso), Salif Keita;
on 30/5: Oliver Mutukudzi, Adama Yalomba (Mali), Positive Black Soul, Pee Froiss, and Cheb Mami (Algeria).
and on 1/6: Alpha Blondy
May 17 - July 19, 2003:
The Weltnacht Festival 2003 in Bielefeld, Germany.
30 May: Damara Crew (Zimbabwe);
7 June: Gino Sitson;
14 June: Kanda Bongo Man (Congo).
May 30 - June 1, 2003:
The Global Sounds Festival 2003 in Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
With Habib Koité (1 June).
June 1, 2003:
The 1 Ander Festival in the Rietbeemdpark, Schijndel (near Den Bosch), The Netherlands.
With Mali Mussow, Kikwetu (Kenya), Yeleen (Burkina Faso), Les Frères Guisse with Paul van Kemenade Quintet (Senegal/Netherlands).
June 5 - 9, 2003:
28me Musiques Métisses, Angoulême, France.
With 6 June: Ba Cissoko (Guinea), Erik Aliana & Korongo Jam (Cameroon), Orchestre Baobab, Bembeya Jazz;
7 June: Super Rail Band (Mali), Erik Aliana & Korongo Jam, Ba Cissoko;
8 June: Super Rail Band, Simentera (Cape Vert), Issa Bagayogo, Tony Allen (Nigeria), Tiken Jah Fakoly;
9 June: Youss Banda (Congo), Idy Oulo (Cameroon/France) and Daara-J.
June 14-15, 2003:
The Festival Mundial 2003 in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
June 14: Kwoto (Sudan), Yeleen (Burkina Faso), Orchestre Baobab;
June 15: Kwoto (Sudan), Mali Mussow ft. Toumani Diabate (Mali), Salif Keita, Troupe Lenga (Burkina Faso), Ba Cissoko (Guinee), Yeleen (Burkina Faso), Les Frères Guisse with Paul van Kemenade Quintet (Senegal/Netherlands).
June 14 - August 17, 2003:
The Mosaïcs à Moissac (Tarn), France.
15 June: Kaar Kaas Sonn (Chad).
June 22-29, 2003:
The Amsterdam Roots Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
27 June (Melkweg): Omar Pene; Kill Point (Guinée); Pee Froiss (Senegal); Jef Wareef (Senegal); Fresk (Congo);
28 June (Melkweg): Gangbé Brass Band (Benin); Bembeya Jazz (Guinée)
June 23 - 28, 2003:
The Festival Tribu 2003 in Dijon, France.
With Salif Keita, Ba Cissoko (Guinee), Pee Froiss (Senegal), Afel Bocoum.
June 27-29, 2003:
Couleur Café in Brussels, Belgium.
With Salif Keita and Xplastaz on June 27;
Zaiko Langa Langa and Les Frères Coulibaly-Badenya (Burkina Faso) on June 28;
Tony Allen (Nigeria), and Manu Dibango (Cameroon) on June 29.
June 27-29, 2003:
The Afrika Fest Freudenstadt 2003 in Freudenstadt, Germany.
With Les Frères Coulibaly-Badenya
June 20 - July 6, 2003:
The Masala Weltbeat Festival 2003 in Hannover, Germany.
With Mory Kante (20/6), Foofango (Burkina Faso/Cameroon, 28/6), and Bembeya Jazz (4/7).
June 28-29, 2003:
The 15TH Afrika Festival Hertme in the Open Air Theater in Hertme (near Borne), the Netherlands.
With on June 28, from 14h00: Aly N'Diaye Rose (Senegal), Minyeshu & Chewata (Ethiopia), Tabu Ley Rochereau (Congo), Spirit Talk & Chartwell Dutiro (Zimbabwe), Tito Paris (Cape Verde);
On June 29, from 12h00: Kabimbang Dance Group (Gambia), Salto Jamboree (acrobatic dance from Kenya), Djem's Nzau & Groupe Kapia (Congo), Badenya-Les Frères Coulibaly (Burkina Faso), Afel Bocoum, and Bembeya Jazz. More info: tourist office Borne +31 74-2666502.
July 4-5, 2003:
The Open Tropen Festival in Turnhout, Belgium. With Tabu Ley (Congo) on July 5.
July 10-20, 2003:
The Festival international Nuits d'Afrique, in Montreal, Canada.
July 11 - 13, 2003:
The North Sea Jazz Festival 2003 in Nederlands Congres Centrum, The Hague, The Netherlands.
With Femi Kuti (11 July), Tony Allen (Nigeria, 11 July), Richard Bona (Cameroon, 13 July).
July 19-28, 2003:
The Polé-Polé Festival in Gent, Belgium.
22 July: Dzidzolie (Ghana/ Burkina Faso);
23 July: Klody & Band (Congo);
26 July: Omar Ka & the Fula Band (Senegal).
July 24-27, 2003:
The 28th Sfinks Festival in Boechout, Belgium.
24 July: Takamba Super 11 (Mali);
26 July: Tarbiat (Niger/touareg), Fantani Touré (Mali), Takamba Super 11, Zaiko Langa Langa;
27 July: Tambours du Burundi, Takamba Super 11.
July 25-27, 2003:
The WOMAD Festival in Rivermead, Reading, England. With a.o. Oumou Sangaré (Mali), Super Rail Band (Mali), Manu Dibango & Ray Lema
July 30 - August 4, 2003:
The 12th Nuits Atypiques de Langon in Langon, France. With a.o. Tiken Jah Fakoly, Djiguiya (Burkina Faso), and Saaba (Burkina Faso)
August 2, 2003:
Afrika Festival Delft in the DHC stadium, Delft, the Netherlands. With a.o. Alliance Nord Sud (Congo), Omar Ka, Issa Sow & Gorée (Senegal), Mahotella Queens (South Africa), Das Primeiro (Cape Verde), Tahoungan (Togo), Kara Dara (West Africa)
August 7, 2003:
Black Star Festival in the Panama, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Starts at 9 PM, with a.o. Black Prophet (Ghana), Bayefall (Senegal), and Jef Wareef (Senegal)
August 29-31, 2003:
The Festival Les Rendez-Vous de l'Erdre, in Nantes, France.
With, among others, Afel Bocoum.
August 30 -September 1, 2003:
The 10th Joêrmet Festival 2003, in the Garcetpark, Jette, Brussels, Belgium.
With, on 30 August, starting at 2 PM, Waza Roots (African reggae, ragga & highlife, Ghana), Zaiko Langa Langa (Congo), Les Anges (Afro-rock & Gospel, Congo), Heartwash (African rootsreggae & Dancehall, various countries).
September 5 - 7, 2003:
The 7th Afrikanisches Kulturfestival INTEGRATION in Zürich (Helvetiaplatz), Switzerland.
With concerts, theatre, dance, afro bazaar, kids programme, integration programme, panel discussions etc.
E-mail louis.mombu@bluewin.ch.
September 23 - October 5, 2003:
The 20th Francophonies en Limousin in Limoges, France.
27 September: Trio Moriba Koïta (Mali);
5 October: Gangbé Brass Band (Benin) & l'Ensemble Epsilon.
October 22-26, 2003:
WOMEX 2003 (WOrld Music EXpo), in Sevilla, Spain. With discussion panels, concerts and music fair. With: Jaojoby (Madagascar), Malouma (Mauritania), Tinariwen (Mali), Manou Gallo (Côte d'Ivoire).
October 31 - November 2, 2003:
The 19th Music Meeting in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
With: Louis Mhlanga, Eric van der Westen with special guest Habib Koité (31/10), Malouma (Mauretania) (1/11), Manecas Costa (Guinee-Bissau) (1/11).
October 30 - November 15, 2003:
The Les Nuits Toucouleurs in Anger, France.
31 October: Guem (Niger);
7 and 8 November: Adama Yalomba (Mali);
14 November: Manou Gallo & le Djiboi (Côte d'Ivoire) and Yelemba d'Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire).
November 12-30, 2003:
Bisso Besse (2nd Festival des cultures afro & métissées de Lyon), in Lyon, France.
With, among others Oumou Sangaré.
December 3 - 6, 2003:
Festival Frikyiwa, in the China Club, Paris, France (50, rue de Charenton 75012 Paris).
With: 3/12: Frédéric Galliano (France), Filifin feat. N’Gou Bagayoko (Mali);
4/12: Lipitone (France), N’Gou Bagayoko feat. Filifin and Ramata Doussou (Mali);
5/12: Hadja Kouyaté (Guinée-Conakry) and Diéfadima Kanté Trio (Guinée-Conakry);
6/12: Louis 2000 (France), Ali Boulo Santo and Manding-Ko (Senegal).
December 5 - 21, 2003:
15THAfricolor, in Saint Denis, France (various locations in Seine St. Denis).
With: 9/12: Sega Sidibé (Le Pré St Gervais),
11/12: Afrique à l'oeuvre with Sega Sidibé (Mali), Zoumana Tereta; (Mali) and Percussions Elima (RDC).
13/12: Fête mandingue with Nainy Diabaté, Sékouba Diallo (Senegal), Ba Cissoko (Bagnolet-Gymnase M. Baquet);
Faytinga (Aulnay/Bois);
14/12: Nainy Diabaté, Sékouba Diallo (Clichy/Bois - Espace 93);
19/12: Chants de l'Empire Mandingue (JP Rykiel, Mory Djeli Deen Kouyaté and others).
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