Blog from Paul Nas

You may have thought: "I'd love to build my own balafon! What is normally done in Mali, Ivory Coast or Burkina Faso can...

20 September, 2022 / 0 Comments

With a sizeable club, we played with Negunya at the 4dayswalk Alkmaar on 18 June 2022. Having already played at the Tuintonenfestival in...

19 June, 2022 / 0 Comments

Negunya Balafon was present at the Tuintonenfestival '22 in Watergang on a beautiful summer day on 11 June 2022. Special guest was Youssouf...

13 June, 2022 / 0 Comments

A while ago I received a message about the Vancouver Balafoncommunity and was in contact with Corinne Durin from Comox, a town on...

03 April, 2022 / 0 Comments

For a few years now I have been in contact with Berna Haverkort, a player of the Ghanaian xylophone, a balafon, also known...

29 March, 2022 / 0 Comments

I always make plans to go to Burkina Faso every year. To Bobo Dioulasso, to Youssouf and Moumouni, to Hotel ZION. In 2021,...

10 February, 2022 / 0 Comments

Youssouf gave me a video of the first harvest in Konsankuy, Malli. He made it during his recent stay there (September / October...

10 October, 2021 / 0 Comments

From 9 to 12 August I will give a four-day balafon workshop during the Summerworkshops Loon op Zand! Four days of fun with...

06 June, 2021 / 0 Comments

After a time when organizing activities was not possible due to the pandemic, I was finally able to get back to work with...

06 June, 2021 / 0 Comments

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