Salif Bamakora
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Ya Salaam - Kora version of Maryam Shehab's "Is This Peace?"
A few weeks ago I first heard this deep, mournful song “Is this peace?” by young P@lestinian singer Maryam Shebab @solomkj and found it deeply resonant and poignant, articulating the tragedy of violence brought down upon the P@lestinian people in ways that speak directly to the heart of our humanity.
The original Arabic has been translated by @sadiq_ul_islam:
If this is peace
Then why would we ask for peace
There’s a look that makes my heart ache,
In my dream.
Words after words.
An eye bleeding water.
In a space in the middle of space
It has no place in existence
Why not?
In the words of our elder Martín Prechtel, “What can no longer be seen can still be remembered and if it was food then, it is medicine now. If it was hard then it is soft grief now. Grief unstiffens life and gives a river-like liquidity to the Holy who courts life into beauty. Anything else is all eternal warfare.”
What is praiseworthy about the work of this young woman Maryam is the way she has transformed her pain for the plight of her people and their land into a grief song which can soften our hearts and help metabolize our collective pain into life-affirming beauty. She is expressing an essential human capacity to transform curses into blessings, which is the deeply spiritual work we must all engage in to heal ourselves of the trauma of war to make a future possible for the children.
We should never miss the opportunity to praise what is praiseworthy, especially in the young, and to grieve what has been lost. This is how we celebrate life, remembering and honoring what we have loved and lost, without becoming hard-hearted, for it is this hard-heartedness which sows the seeds of the next war. Our grief songs transform our bitterness and pain into sweetness, and forever engaged in this process, our hearts can fully taste the richness of life, which is bittersweet.
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Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora 11/11/23 Nevada City, CA Soutoukoun
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Madou Sidiki Diabaté is a 71st generation Kora player from Mali, West Africa. The younger brother of Toumani Diabaté, the world’s first Grammy award winning Kora player, Madou has become one of the world’s greatest living Kora players. Highly respected in Mande society for his profound traditional knowledge and renowned internationally for his dramatic virtuosity, Madou has toured extensively w...
Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora Nevada City, CA 11/11/23 Badarajo
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Madou Sidiki Diabaté is a 71st generation Kora player from Mali, West Africa. The younger brother of Toumani Diabaté, the world’s first Grammy award winning Kora player, Madou has become one of the world’s greatest living Kora players. Highly respected in Mande society for his profound traditional knowledge and renowned internationally for his dramatic virtuosity, Madou has toured extensively w...
Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora Kora Duet at BAM House, Oakland November 9th, 2023
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Kora Maestro Madou Sidiki Diabaté @Madousidikidiabate and his long time student, Salif Bamakora @salifbamakora begin a concert of Kora Duets at BAM House in Oakland, California with an interpretation of Kaira, a traditional song of blessing and peace. Madou Sidiki Diabaté is a 71st generation Kora player from Mali, West Africa. The younger brother of Toumani Diabaté, the world’s first Grammy aw...
Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora Kora Duet at BAM House, Oakland November 9th, 2023
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Kora Maestro Madou Sidiki Diabaté @Madousidikidiabate and his long time student, Salif Bamakora @salifbamakora begin a concert of Kora Duets at BAM House in Oakland, California with an interpretation of Kaira, a traditional song of blessing and peace. Madou Sidiki Diabaté is a 71st generation Kora player from Mali, West Africa. The younger brother of Toumani Diabaté, the world’s first Grammy aw...
Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora Duet Trailer
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Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora Duet Trailer

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @lampfallkala1176
    @lampfallkala1176 19 днів тому

    Glamourous! Fantastic Neex na lool..❤🎉.

  • @abookhan8474
    @abookhan8474 Місяць тому

    Absolutely brilliant..........it hits the soul 👏

  • @alimo7747
    @alimo7747 2 місяці тому

    You should check the players from Yemen

  • @kwanna100
    @kwanna100 2 місяці тому

    So sweet so smooth so nice That is live in the begining

  • @kwanna100
    @kwanna100 2 місяці тому

    One love

  • @leonhsmith6155
    @leonhsmith6155 5 місяців тому

    Please cancel you upcoming event at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury! I was fired last week for speaking up for Palestine in my private life. I was doxxed, harassed and intimidated. Alhamdulillah, I have been a Muslim for 25 years. Muslims and supporters of Palestine should not play or attend any events at Town Hall Theater.

  • @johnnyasv8772
    @johnnyasv8772 8 місяців тому

    full concert pleasse

  • @johnnyasv8772
    @johnnyasv8772 8 місяців тому

    👍👍👍

  • @johnnyasv8772
    @johnnyasv8772 8 місяців тому

    very nice

  • @johnnyasv8772
    @johnnyasv8772 8 місяців тому

    very nice maravilloso

  • @mariepauletavarez7746
    @mariepauletavarez7746 8 місяців тому

    Trop trop fort ❤❤

  • @VeraNarishkin
    @VeraNarishkin 8 місяців тому

    Gorgeous music! 71 generations is somewhat exaggerated - If you count five generations per century, 70 generations spans 14 centuries, ie 1,400 years - it is extremely doubtful that fully documented and authentic linear ancestry records exists in Mali.

    • @DeversBeats
      @DeversBeats 8 місяців тому

      I’m Malian and I can confirm you that it’s the thruth. We can Even retrace the lineage of our ancestors to something like 300 BC. Memory of our elders is something else

    • @VeraNarishkin
      @VeraNarishkin 8 місяців тому

      @@DeversBeats If it is documented, show me the documents. If it is transmitted orally, it is totally unreliable.

    • @FinalKaioken
      @FinalKaioken 8 місяців тому

      @@VeraNarishkin "The kora has at least two centuries of history, but is part of an even older tradition dating back to the 13th century Mali Empire of Sunjata Keita." a quick google search would have answered your question

    • @VeraNarishkin
      @VeraNarishkin 8 місяців тому

      @@FinalKaioken I wasn't talking about the instrument. Your quote is irrelevant in this discussion. The Keita surname is very common and widespread W in est Africa (mainly Mali Guinea and Ivory Coast; also Keïta and Kéita from the name of the Keita clan of the Mandinka people.

    • @VeraNarishkin
      @VeraNarishkin 8 місяців тому

      @@DeversBeats That memory is oral, not written, and it changes many times throught the ages. That is what always happens with oral traditions.

  • @harounsome7908
    @harounsome7908 8 місяців тому

    😊😅m .km ❤❤❤ . . 😊. ❤❤ ❤😅 😊❤ . . ❤.

  • @TiemtoreHamed
    @TiemtoreHamed 8 місяців тому

    Bonbonbon

  • @simbayoung4757
    @simbayoung4757 9 місяців тому

    Mozart ain’t got nothing on them

  • @abdoucisse8724
    @abdoucisse8724 9 місяців тому

    Vive le mande😊

  • @moussacamara960
    @moussacamara960 10 місяців тому

    Il faut être un africain attaché pour comprendre ce rythme

  • @fodeguisse8439
    @fodeguisse8439 10 місяців тому

    Encore un autre Diabate qui maîtrise parfaitement son instrument qui en sortir des sons magiques

  • @manuelinaciomocha6544
    @manuelinaciomocha6544 10 місяців тому

    Este foi um > CONCERTOS realizados na NEVADA CITY os atenciosos tiveram ouvir CLÁSSICO ORQUESTRA... Dá vontade de ouvir no íntimo do ❤...

  • @sylvainecambe6367
    @sylvainecambe6367 10 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @happy1wandering
    @happy1wandering 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely magical! The Kora sounds for me like what a mystical dream wound sound like!!!

  • @happy1wandering
    @happy1wandering 11 місяців тому

    Mashallah so beautiful brother!! I’m starting to learn the Kora. What kind of pegs & strings do you use ? Keep posting your videos please!!

    • @salifkora
      @salifkora 7 місяців тому

      This is a Kaëlig built kora, using geared tuning pegs modeled on the old friction style of violins, cellos, etc. I have switched from fishing line (monofilament) to instrument grade nylon strings.

  • @milenapeneva2585
    @milenapeneva2585 11 місяців тому

    Very beautiful instruments and music!!Thank you very much for sharing your art with me.

  • @lestyfler
    @lestyfler 11 місяців тому

    🎉

  • @evazion9924
    @evazion9924 11 місяців тому

    ❤💛💚

  • @titoucoumba5258
    @titoucoumba5258 11 місяців тому

    Bravo 🎉 !!!

  • @titoucoumba5258
    @titoucoumba5258 11 місяців тому

    La fierté Malienne

  • @keita-mansaremady.d3188
    @keita-mansaremady.d3188 11 місяців тому

    Great and reflective it goes down to achieve and preserve peace.

    • @salifkora
      @salifkora 11 місяців тому

      🙏🏼 InshAllah

  • @robertomelino4308
    @robertomelino4308 11 місяців тому

    Bravissimi👏👏👏💪💪💪🔝🔝🔝

  • @joelkouame2671
    @joelkouame2671 11 місяців тому

    Wahou ! Juste sensationnelle ❤

  • @richardgaya3965
    @richardgaya3965 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful music knows no boundaries!!!

  • @fatimatakouyate4051
    @fatimatakouyate4051 11 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @merlygundran9652
    @merlygundran9652 11 місяців тому

    First time to know and hear this musical instrument Kora. Very nice. Madou and Salif are gifted and talented.

  • @aminatakurang3118
    @aminatakurang3118 11 місяців тому

    Melody 🎶

  • @issadoumbia3906
    @issadoumbia3906 Рік тому

    Quelles Mélodies Mandingues envoutantes des Kora acoustique? ;Chapeau Madou Sidiki Diabaté and Salif Bamakora.

  • @kassimtangara3717
    @kassimtangara3717 Рік тому

    meilleur joueur de Kora au monde

  • @coulibalyolivier8329
    @coulibalyolivier8329 Рік тому

    Africa❤

  • @evazion9924
    @evazion9924 Рік тому

    Full of grace

  • @evazion9924
    @evazion9924 Рік тому

    Nice n lovely

  • @mouhcineozdi7167
    @mouhcineozdi7167 Рік тому

    Quelle magique mon réve c'est de avoire sona jabaraté feat madou sidiki ❤❤

  • @evazion9924
    @evazion9924 Рік тому

    I love you Salif! Let me be your wife ! ❤💛💚

    • @fadenyaba8650
      @fadenyaba8650 Рік тому

      I love you more, Salif! Let me be your man!! Great concert, btw.

    • @salifkora
      @salifkora Рік тому

      Well, I’ve been happily married for 20+ years, best of luck to you both!

    • @fadenyaba8650
      @fadenyaba8650 Рік тому

      @@salifkora 😉

    • @evazion9924
      @evazion9924 Рік тому

      @@salifkora give thanks and keep the blessings ❤️💛💚