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Guinea tour Bérédé in review

Stage Bérédé 2024 Stage Bérédé – 2 weeks of intense living in the heart of djembe music and dance…
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wa2wa West African drum & dance in Perth

Roanne Licht and her team at Afrotonic present wa2wa – a 3 day drum and dance festival in Perth featuring the great Guinean dancer Alya Makity , plus Mohamed Bangoura, Odai Affotey, Djibril Diagne, Michael Boase and yours truly (Mitzi). 19-21st April

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Sweet Mamas’ latest dance video

The Sweet Mamas is the name given to our group of dancers who come along to class on a Thursday morning. Just for fun, we thought we’d take our latest choreography to the pool! Check out the video clip.

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Camp Samatou photos

Our biggest event of the year, Camp Samatou is held 1.5h from Melbourne in November. This year was extra special with three Bangouras from Guinea – Mohamed, Sibo and Seny (all the way from Italy!) We also had Lam Lakiz (Congo), Jean Marc Agbogba (Cote d’Ivoire) and support drummers Odai Affotey and Emmanuel Aryeetey (Ghana).