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African music on World Music Festivals in Europe, 2002:
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May 18 - June 30, 2002:
The Weltnacht Festival 2002 in Owl (near Bielefeld), Germany.
May 25-26, 2002:
The 25th Dunya Festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
With on Saturday 25 May: Youssou N'Dour;
On Sunday 26 May: Abdel Gadir Salim (Sudan), Minyeshu (Ethiopia), and Waldemar Bastos (Angola).
May 30 - June 2, 2002:
The 14th Afrika Festival in Würzburg, Germany. With:
Famoudou Konaté (Guinea), Ismael Isaac (Côte d'Ivoire), Faudel (Algeria), Lágbájá (Nigeria), Jimmy Dludlu (Township Jazz from South Africa), Joy Denalane and guests (Germany/South Africa), Khadja Nin, and Angelique Kidjo.
June 7-23, 2002:
The Masala Welt Beat Festival in Hannover, Germany. Featuring: Abdel Gadir Salim (Sudan).
June 12-15, 2002:
The Music in my Head in The Hague, the Netherlands, with, among others,
Habib Koité & Bamada on 14 June.
June 15-16, 2002:
The Festival Mundial in Tilburg, the Netherlands, with, among others,
El Hadj N'Diaye on 15 June, and Habib Koité & Bamada, Alpha Blondy (Côte d'Ivoire), Issa Bagayogo, Adewale Ayuba (Nigeria), and Minyeshu (Ethiopia) on 16 June.
June 19, 2002: (Cancelled!)
Mama Ya Afrika Festival Live 2002 in the Zénith, Paris.
With, among others, Ami Koita, Afia Mala, Angelique Kidjo, Brenda Fassie, K-Tino, Monique Seka, Grace Decca, Yaya Bangoura, Aicha Koné, Sally Nyolo, Coumba Gawlo, Nayanka Bell, Patience Dabany, Fatou Laoubé, Pierrette Adams, M'Bilia Bel, Yondo Syster, Faya Tess, and special guest Myriam Makeba.
June 21, 2002:
Fête de la Musique in Divan du Monde, Paris. Rokia Traoré and Super Rail Band (Mali).
June 20-30, 2002:
The Amsterdam Roots Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
17 June: Alpha Blondy; 28 June: Tinariwen (Mali); 29 June: Lokua Kanza, Orchestre Baobab, Gigi (Ethiopia), Abdel Gadir Salim (Sudan).
June 29-30, 2002:
Afrika Festival Hertme in the Open Air Theater in Hertme (near Borne), the Netherlands.
With on June 29, from 20h00: Smilin' Osei & Band (Ghana), Omar Pene & Super Diamono de Dakar;
On June 29, from 12h00: Molopo Choral Artists (South Africa), Black Jambo (acrobatic dance from Kenya), Tinariwen (Mali), Ensemble Ideal (Togo), Orchestre Baobab, and Sally Nyolo. More info: tourist office Borne +31 74-2666502.
June 28-30, 2002:
Couleur Café in Brussels, Belgium.
With Geoffrey Oryema on June 28;
Mory Kante ; Lucky Dube (South Africa), and Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) on June 30.
July 12-14, 2002:
North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, the Netherlands (Netherlands Congress Centre).
Youssou N'Dour performs on July 12.
July 12-August 3, 2002:
Pirineos Sur in Huesca, Spain.
With, a.o. Alpha Blondy (Côte d'Ivoire).
July 14-21, 2002:
Festival Les Sud à Arles in Arles, France. With Djiguiya (Burkina Faso) on 17 July.
June 28 - July 28, 2002:
Stimmen 2002 in Lörrach, Germany. With Cesaria Evora (Burkina Faso) on 17 July, and Tartit (Mali/Burkina/Algeria) on 28 July.
July 20-27, 2002:
The Nice Jazz Festival in Nice, France. With Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli, Lokua Kanza, Youssou N'Dour, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Angelique Kidjo, and Ismael Lô.
July 20-27, 2002:
The Sfinks Festival in Boechout, Belgium. With a.o. Faytinga (Erythrea), Tinariwen (Mali), Adolphe Dominguez & Wenge Tonya Tonya, Papa Noël (Congo) playing both with Adan Pedroso and with Papi Oviedo.
July 26-28, 2002:
The WOMAD Festival in Rivermead, Reading, England. With a.o. Tartit (Mali), Alpha Blondy (Côte d'Ivoire), Lokua Kanza, Geoffrey Oryema, and Issa Bagayogo
August 3, 2002:
Afrika Festival Delft in the DHC stadium, Delft, the Netherlands.
With: K-Tino (Cameroon), Issa Sow & Gorée (Senegal), Papa Wemba (Congo), Ikibiri (Burundi), Adikanfo (Ghana), Berny Beroh & the Victory Band (Cameroon), Calu Monteiro and the Tropics (Cabo Verde), Dzidzolie (Ghana/Benin/Burkina/Guinée-Conakry), Famoudou Konaté (Guinée), Leopoldo da Silveira & Magica (Mozambique), Minyeshu & Chewata (Ethiopia), and Jaay Naffi (Senegal).
September 6 - 8, 2002:
The 6th 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.
October 11-13, 2002:
The Dunya Windows to the World in Las Palmas, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
With: Mory Kanté, and Waldemar Bastos (Angola).
October 24-27, 2002:
WOMEX 2002 (WOrld Music EXpo), in Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany. With discussion panels, concerts and music fair.
November 1-3, 2002:
The 18th Music Meeting in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
With: Nnanga Ensemble (Uganda), Kampala Arts Ensemble (Uganda), Manu Dibango with Ray Lema (accompanied by Richard Epesse, Jerry Malekani, Mokhtar Samba, Cathy Renoir & DJ One Two), Bongo Maffin (South Africa), and Trio Ivoire (Aly Keita, Hans Lüdemann & Steve Arguëlles).
November 12-24, 2002:
Bisso Besse (Festival des cultures afro & métissées de Lyon), in Lyon, France.
On 20 November (Soirée "Afro-Divas"): Maezah (Togo), Anne-Flore Batchiellilys (Benin), Koko Ateba (Cameroon);
On 21 November (Soirée Gala): Geoffrey Oryema.
November 23, 2002:
Farafina-93, in Saint Denis, France (Eurosites-Plaine St. Denis, 144 Avenue du Président Wilson).
With: Ami Koita, Mah Damba, Ben Decca, Sekouba Bambino Diabaté, Mamadi Diabaté and Aimé Buanga & Wenge Kumbela.
November 29 - December 24, 2002:
14THAfricolor, in Saint Denis, France (various locations in Seine St. Denis).
With: Abdoulaye Diabaté & Koutiala Orchestra, Séga Sidibé, Pat'Jaune (Reunion), Senge (Madagascar),
December 13: Wijdan (an encounter between Malian hunter's music by Sibiri Samaké, and Moroccan Gnawa music),
and on December 14, Malian night with Abdoulaye Diabaté & Koutiala Orchestra, Sibiri Samaké, Molobali Traoré, Toma Sidibé, Séga Sidibé and Abdoul N'Diaye.



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