Kora & Percussion Duo
NAJMA & REMO
Bamako · Havana · Brooklyn
A Malian kora virtuoso from a 600-year griot lineage and a Cuban-American drummer with Juilliard training and Lukumí consecration. They met at a Brooklyn jam session. The oldest instrument in the room meets the most modern — both of them machines for remembering.
Mandé Kora
Afro-Cuban
Griot Lineage
Duo
“My tradition is not a museum. It has always changed. I am adding the 808. My father added electric guitar. His father added radio.”