Daouda was one of my teachers. My virtuosity - some people say, I would have more than two hands - I owe to him. He has educated lot of good Balafonists. Also his sons are excellent musicians. He was very strict with his gifted students. (Owing to this I had permanently mango-sized bumps on my head...)

Here we play "DabaBa" (the big hoe) - a music for sowing. He starts alone but plays for three musicians: he combines the most relevant patterns from the solo, the base and the ostinato. Then, about one and half minutes later, I take over the ostinato and we speed up...