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Mamady Keita was born in in Balandugu, a small village in Guinea, West Africa, near the border of Mali.

Even before his birth his mother was told that his name would travel beyond Balandugu, beyond Guinea and beyond all of Africa. She did not know what that meant until Mamady was born and before he could even walk he would turn over anything that looked like a bowl and he would start hitting it like a drum.

A dance creator and dance innovator, sprung from the US American south to parents from northern India.

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Keïta was born in the small village of Balandougou, Guinea, in the northeastern prefecture of Siguiri, near the border of Mali.

Mamady Keita is considered to be one of the world's greatest djembe masters.

Mamady Keïta, for example, taught in both Europe and the U.S. before he was hired as a djembe professor for the Zig Zag Percussion School in Belgium in

It was from that point on that his parents knew he was destined to be a djembe player and gave him the nickname nankama, born for it, and brought him to study with the Master Drummer of his village, Karinkadjan Kond�.

In , Mamady was initiated into the secrets of the djembe and to the history of his people, the Mandingue.

In , he was taken to perform in the regional ballet, about km from his home and in , he was taken km away to the capital city Conakry where the President of Guinea, Sekou Tour�, was working with Harry Belafonte to produce the National Ballet of Guinea, Ballet