A Sousou seduction dance that is played and danced during village festivals, weddings and youth meetings in the villages. The slow Yankadi is danced in two rows; boys and girls face each other (according to Michael Wall: Four couples dance together, essential elements are eye contact, seductive movements and touching each other’s hands and heart region). After a signal, the Makru follows (see there), where dancing is done separately. There is both a binary and a ternary version. Literally Yankadi would mean: ‘Here it is okay!’
A song from Mamoudou ‘Delmundo’ Keita, was on the IDON! Song-list.
Ee waiala, waiala, wonowalio, moe oe che chumba
Kankan nje fonie wofa mama, wonowanio
A welcoming song:
ee gyoo, ja la, yankadi la doundoun kam barabo,
min ta mile sangban (doundoun, djembé, kenkeni, balafon,etc) fola ma,
nin d´je wole n´je wa woleko
Another song, one that Kadiatou Sylla sang:
I-Ya, I-Ya-O-Na, I-Ya, I-Ya-O-Na-O,
Nje wa la kabila ke ne ma ni lee ee