Naby Camara

Naby Camara, master musician from Guinea, West Africa, leads his group Lagni Sussu with originally composed, dynamic rhythms and songs springing from an artistic tradition over a thousand years old.
He is the 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. It is recognition of Naby's outstanding virtuosity in African Music.
Naby's band is called "Lagni Sussu," which in the Sussu Dialect of Guinea, means people of all different races, classes, and background working together. Combining traditional and modern music styles, Naby Camara and Lagni Sussu bring audiences of all ages and cultures to their feet.

Naby and Lagni Sussu are available for

• festivals, concerts, weddings, parties, and other ceremonies.
• museum programs, K-12 School programs, University and Community Colleges
• Libraries, churches and other cultural and educational programs.
• For Booking Info email us at ballafon@hotmail.com.More Booking info can be found on Naby's Resume Page
  
  Naby plays the 21-barred traditional West African balafon. In the photo above, Kamal is playing the dundun, which provides the basic rhythm foundation. Kane Mathis is playing the kora (a 21-stringed harp/lute, also a traditional West African instrument). Behind Naby is his djembe drum, which he is also an acknowledged master on.
  
  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 cultural traditions of their village and tribe. Naby is a griot, as are his brothers, his father, his grand fathers, 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.