During this concert, we will make the link between the North African guembri and the hoddu, an instrument frow West Africa. That the roots of Gnawa music lie in West Africa, is proof for the historical relationship between both string instruments. Gnawa ancestors were brought from sub-Saharan Africa to Morocco, bringing along melodies, rhythms, and instruments from their homeland.

With Driss Filali and Malick Pathe Sow, we are pleased to present two key figures of African diaspora. Driss Filali plays a major role on the new album ‘JOLA – Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels’, but he is also the voice and the guembri of the Remork & Karkaba en Banda Quetzal. Malick Pathe Sow (singing, hoddu, guitar) is one of the most important European ambassadors of Senegalese Peulh music in Brussels with an international career, known for his solo albums and his duo with Bao Sissoko.

Musiciens

• Driss Filali: guembri, vocals
• Malick Pathe Sow: hoddu, vocals