Moussa Bolokada Conde

Visiting Lecturer

Moussa Bolokada Conde, Visiting Lecturer in the Center for World Music, is master drummer, expert of Malinke rhythms, and one of world’s best djembe players. He joined the world famous Les Percussion du Guinee to replace the legendary Momoudy Keita as their lead drummer. He has traveled and performed in major performance venues all over the world since 1996 and was featured in the IMAX movie PULSE: a Stomp Odyssey. Since 2004, he has been performing and teaching in the United States.

He is the musical director and lead soloist of Ballet Waraba in North Carolina, Ballet Wassa-Wassa in Santa Cruz, California, and Les Percussion Malinke in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has conducted percussion workshop in many cities in the US and Europe. He has released two musical CD's and is the subject of an upcoming documentary, "Bolokada Conde- Malinke Village Djembefola” He was awarded immigrant status as an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts in 2007.