WELCOME TO FAKOLI DANCE & DRUM!

The mission of Fakoli Dance & Drum is to create understanding between people of
all cultures through the language of the drum.

Cissokho, king of the Kora & most renowned master in all of West Africa. Fode performed
as a Griot, began Kora at age 5 and by 8 was playing the Djembe and Dun Dun
Drums. An acknowledged master, Fode toured Africa, Europe and America, also
performing with Baba Olatunji for 9 years.

Fode Sissoko has created Fakoli Dance & Drum, an educational organization of
music, drum, dance and cultural exchange. Fakoli means "the ancestor" in
Mandinko, Fode's native language.

Mr. Sissoko leads ongoing trips to Senegal, where students are
immersed in the music, language and atmosphere of traditional African
culture. He also teaches ongoing classes and workshops in drum, dance, kora
and song.

Fode is available for master classes, workshops, drum and instrument
sales and repairs. He is also available for folkloric performances in full costume with
traditional music and dance or with his band, "Fakoli", an Afro pop group of
original Mandinko music.

Fakoli Dance & Drum is living proof of African music's vibrancy and inherent
creative power.

Read through our pages, view the pictures from our Drum and Dance Camp in Africa and order
the finest hand-made West African instruments and recordings from our marketplace.

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