Appearing as part of the Oxford Fringe Festival, The Offshoot Festival, Jali Fily Cissokho, Tarik Beshir, Moses Bikishoni will play at Oxford's Historic Music Room The Holywell. Virtuoso kora player Jali Fily has become a favourite on the local folk and world scene - he hails from Ziguinchor in the lush region of Casmance, Southern Senegal. Read more »
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You are invited to an evening in support of African Charities featuring JALI FILY CISSOKHO (Senegalese kora musician) OXFORD GUMBOOTS ( Dancing from the gold mines of South Africa) DJ ANTONY (Kenyan Maasai warrior and conservationist) - The event organizers are supporting the project in SENEGAL -THE ZIGUINCHOR MUSIC CENTRE PROJECT founded by SOLO CISSOKHO Jali Fily's senior brother
Jali Fily Cissokho, Senegalese griot and master praise singer has a number of strings to his bow or should that be Kora! If you missed his last London date at Momo's, get yourself off to Darbukka and experience how Fily can really make the Kora rock...expect smoke from the strings. Jamie Renton and guest African DJ's on the decks.
Jali Fily Cissokho has recently returned from Senegal where, in the oral tradition of the griots, he spent time researching and learning more material from the family archives. Now back in the UK, Fily and his kora, will grace the same stage as Bonga, Chiekha Rimitti, Amadou and Mariam, Seu Jorge and Tinirawen as he brings the griot tradition to the intimacy of London's Momo. 
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