Conde, Sidiki
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Has Affiliation
- Organization: Tokounou Dance Company
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Tokounou All-Abilities African Dance and Drum Company
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Merveilles d'Afrique (Dance company)
Birth Place
- Conakry (Guinea)
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(lcsh) Drummers
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Sources
- found: Sidiki, p2008:label (Sidiki Conde)
- found: OCLC 939531149, Interview with Sidiki Conde : Guinea, West Africa [streaming video], 2015:description (Sidiki Conde, Director of Tokounou All-Abilities African Dance and Drum Company; born in Conakry to mother Dousasoba Kourouma and father Ibrahima Conde, a military officer; lost the use of his legs due to polio at age 14; his first job was sing for the imam as he traveled to and from the mosque; trained himself to dance on his hands and perform the Malinke rhythm 'soli', which changed others' perception of him; performed in his village, Mancellia, and surrounding villages with Moriba Diobate and Souri Conde (a blind drummer); after he moved back to Conakry he met disabled people living on the streets, and with them formed the group Message de Espoir (Message of Hope), which toured West Africa; received government recognition as a successful example for other disabled people; auditioned and accepted into the Ballet Communal and later joined Les Merveilles de Guinée, becoming the music director and choreographer; he received his first wheelchair from a sponsor in America (1998), and formed Tokounou All-Abilities African Dance and Drum Company in 1999; in 2007 he received the National Heritage Fellowship from the NEA, ceremony held in Washington, DC, which enabled him to build a house in Guinea for his family; he explored the African origins of Capoeira in Brazil and formed local steet kids into a band named Afro Tapa, and taught drum at the Ilê Aiyê in Salvador; he plays the djembe (drum); received a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts International to reunite his group of disabled musicians in Guinea; recognized in the United States as a composer from by NYFA Fellowship for Music Composition, NYSCA Composing Commission Grant, and the Jerome Foundation Grant for New Music)
- found: sidikiconde.com website, viewed March 8, 2024(Sidiki Conde, born about the time of Guinea's independence [1958]; African immigrant, overcoming his disability one day at a time in New York City; subject of a new documentary by Alan Govenar, "You Don't Need Feet to Dance"; footer: Sidiki Conde - Tokounou Dance Company)
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- 2009-03-16: new
- 2024-03-09: revised
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