Mor Thiam

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Ayo Ayo Nene 05:44 Tools
Sindiely 05:44 Tools
Kele Mumbana 05:44 Tools
Kanfera 05:44 Tools
Africa 05:53 Tools
Sindiely (song for the black beauty) 05:53 Tools
Kele Mubana (overpain and struggle to black) 03:46 Tools
Kanfera (Return Of Fisher) 07:44 Tools
Africa (dedication to all the people) 07:22 Tools
Ayo Ayo Nene (Blessing for the New Born Baby) 05:45 Tools
Worosodon 02:46 Tools
Yaral Sa Doom 04:17 Tools
Ayo Ayo Ne Ne - Lp Cut 05:42 Tools
Doudou N'Diaye Rose 07:04 Tools
Ayo Ayo Nene (1973) 05:44 Tools
Xamleen Xammé 05:33 Tools
Tassu 04:38 Tools
Modou Modou 05:33 Tools
Djembé 06:22 Tools
Sangara 04:29 Tools
Daan Sa Doole 05:14 Tools
Meeting in Dakar - Pancum Ndakaru 04:03 Tools
Ayo Nene 06:20 Tools
Djembé 06:20 Tools
Kele Mubana 03:46 Tools
Xamleen Xammé 05:31 Tools
Djembe 00:30 Tools
04 mor thiam kanfera return of fisher 05:31 Tools
Xamleen Xamme 05:42 Tools
01 mor thaim - ayo ayo ne ne - lp cut 05:42 Tools
Dini Safarrar (Drums Of Fire) 05:46 Tools
Embrace Individuality 05:46 Tools
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Mor Thiam (born Mor Dogo Thiam in Dakar, Senegal, c. 1941) is a Senegalese drummer, cultural historian, and entertainment consultant. His surname is pronounced "Chahm." Thiam, a member of the Dogon ethnic group, played drums from before the age of eight and had begun playing professionally by age 12. His surname, Thiam, means "historian" in his native tongue, and he comes from a family whose members use drums to tell the story of Senegal's Wolof people. His instruments include tama, sabar, and djembe. Thiam settled in the United States in 1968, at the invitation of the noted choreographer Katherine Dunham. He settled in St. Louis, where he worked with Dunham and with the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a multidisciplinary arts collective. He has maintained homes in Atlanta and Dakar since the mid-1990s. In 1973 and 1974 he performed with the jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and has also performed and recorded with the World Saxophone Quartet. He toured Europe with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company (1989). He has also performed and recorded with the cross-cultural ensemble No World Improvisations, with Jin Hi Kim and Joseph Celli. Thiam regularly serves as a consultant for many African projects around the United States and serves as the executive director of the Stone Mountain, Georgia-based Institute for the Study of African Culture. Thiam's wife is named Kine Gueye Thiam. She is a dancer and came to the United States in 1972. Thiam's son with Kine, is the R&B singer Akon (born Aliaune Thiam). Mor Thiam currently lives in Orlando, Florida. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.