Naby Camara - Master Musician from West Africa
Naby Camara - Two-Time Juno Award Winner
Naby Camara, master balaphone player from Guinea, West Africa, is a two-time recipient of the Juno Award for best Global Album, in 1995 and 2004. The Juno Award is Canada's equivalent to America's Grammy. It is the highest achievement award given for music in Canada.
Naby Camara - Griot from Guinea
Naby comes from a lineage of persons known as "Griots" (pronounced gree'-oh) in West Africa. Griots are the people who are chosen, from birth, to carry on the traditions of their village and tribe. Naby is a griot, as are his brothers, his father, his grandfathers, and so on back through the history of his people. Thus, in addition to being trained as a master musician, he also knows the stories and histories of his people. Thus, Naby is a walking treasure of not only talent, but knowledge as well.
Kanteli - An Album of Guinea's Traditional Songs
Naby Camara on the Web:
ballafon@hotmail.com
