The other day, the Kessels Instrument makers museum in Tilburg, where I volunteer, received a special request. From the reception centre for Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seekers in Tilburg, they enquired about the possibility, under supervision, of a 'Krar-making' workshop. The Krar is a small Eritrean...
This year for the first time, I gave a workshop at the Utamaduni African Camp. It is a very special camp in Denmark with a 40-year history![vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="transparent" thickness="5"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] East meets West The...
For the third time, we hit the road for the one-week festival 'Grobund Byggefest '23' in Ebeltoft in Denmark. As usual, I am offering a balafon-building workshop there where people can help me or make their own (simple) balafon. I had created an information page...
Since I have acquired a quantity of Padouk wood, I offer interested parties to make their own balafon under my guidance. Padouk is a type of wood with beautiful sound characteristics and is used in Cameroon and Mozambique (for the Timbela, among others). Earlier, I...
I was asked if I could do something at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Vereniging Behoud Moerenburg in Tilburg (association to preserve the park). The landscape park is in the spotlight in our city, also because the Tilburg municipality has a controversial...
This is a report on Youssouf Keita's visit to the Festival CoPerACCION '23. This festival in Cartagena is now being organised for the fifth time by Emilio Saura Jimenès, Andrés Navarro García and Alejandro Solano García. Youssouf was a special guest there this year, after...
Youssouf Keita is coming to Europe from 16 April to 10 June 2023. Performances and workshops in Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, among others. This page shows the most up-to-date insight into the tour schedule for Youssouf Keita's Spring Tour '23 (16 April - 10...
St Anna is a neighbourhood in Tilburg where residents themselves regularly organise activities for the neighbourhood. On the weekend of 15 and 16 April 2023, a 'Window' Route St Anna will be organised, featuring Art & Creativity. At the starting point; the Mattheusbos in Capucijnenstraat,...
Here is a report of the Balafon Meeting held on Saturday 4 February 2023 in Tilburg. We worked on two rhythms that day: Térété & Sanji. We also had a live video conversation via a big screen with Youssouf Keita, who gave an introduction to...
In late 2022, I did some Christmas activities at Kessels Museum Tilburg. At the museum, I have been doing balafon making one day a week for a while now, but with holiday period I also do activities with children. A nice story about the origin of...