SORY DIABATE: Balafonist  & Traditional West African, Percussionist (Guinea Conakry)

MOHAMED 'DHO’ CISSE: Traditional West African Dancer & Percussionist (Guinea Conakry)

AGATHE MOUBEMBE: Traditional West African Percussionist (France)

IBRAHIMA DIOUBATE: Traditional West African Percussionist (Guinea Conakry)

SORY, & IBRAHIMA are from the Yeli caste (also called Djeli or Griot). MOHAMED AND AGATHE were raised in a Yeli tradition by their parents.  A ‘Yeli’ is a ‘living archive’ of the African people's traditions. They all grew up learning their traditional music and dance from their parents and elders and are recognized as storytellers and keepers of knowledge that has been passed down through countless generations.