The African Concert Series
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The African Concert Series
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🪘🪈🎶The world's first ever home for African and Black classical music.
📍Wigmore Hall, London
The title “Ojo Maa Ro” in Yoruba language translates to “Rain, shower on us”. The focus on natural elements and human dependence on them is characteristic of some of Ayo Bankole’s works, which often blend Western musical techniques with traditional Yoruba themes and folklore.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Did you know?!
Nigerian composer Akin Euba wrote opera “Chaka: An Opera in Two Chants”, recorded and performed by the City of Birmingham Touring Opera.
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
📚Check out these books 👆and learn more about Samuel Akpabot and his musical legacy!
#nigerianartmusic #samuelakpabot
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📚 👆Check out these books by two prominent Nigerian scholars, Godwin Sadoh and Bode Omojola, which provide an in-depth analysis of Sowande’s life, work, and legacy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🪈Ogbu-oja Gerald Eze
🪘Richard Olatunde Baker
#ogbuoja #oja #ojaflute
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🎶ℹ️ More info & tickets £5 for under 35 years 👉🏾https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202603211130
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ℹ️ Justinian Tamusuza’s piece Okwanjula Kw’Endere (Introduction of Flute) is inspired by the Ugandan bamboo flute called the endere, an instrument used by shepherds, as well as in traditional festivals, and in royal court music for the King of Buganda.
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Snippet of our African music for flute concert with Baba Gallé Kanté, fula flute
Rowland Sutherland, European flute and
Moussa Koroleko, balafon
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Reposted by The African Concert Series
🪈🎶 Baba Gallé Kanté plays the Fula flute. Considered the national instrument of the Fulani people of West Africa, the Fula flute holds significant cultural value, used in traditional music for storytelling, ceremonies, and connecting with ancestral traditions.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🎶🪈 A characteristic playing technique of the Fula flute involves the musician singing alternately or simultaneously to the notes being blown, which adds to its unique, multiphonic sound. #fulaflute #fulaniflute #babagallekante
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🪈🎶 Baba Gallé Kanté plays the Fula flute. Considered the national instrument of the Fulani people of West Africa, the Fula flute holds significant cultural value, used in traditional music for storytelling, ceremonies, and connecting with ancestral traditions.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🪈 African flutes were used in a variety of contexts, from the spiritual to the practical, and their use continues today in many different forms of music. 🎶
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM