Kouame Sereba
Kouame G (erard) Sereba (* in Abidjan ) is an Ivorian world and jazz musician. He plays the jaw harp (dodo), djembé and kalimba and also appears as a singer.
Sereba was introduced to the traditional music of his country as a child. He became a very popular musician in Africa, performing at the age of twenty in Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Sudan and Egypt. He has lived in Norway since 1983.
Here he became known through the album Fra Senegal til Setesdal (1997), on which he played alongside Kirsten Bråten Berg , Bjørgulv Straume and the Senegalese solo Cissokho . In 1984 he founded with his brother Raymond Sereba the group Zikalo , 1995 with saxophonist Rolf Erik Nystrøm the group Dozo .
Sereba toured Japan, England, Germany, South Africa, Greenland and Iceland. In 2003 he received the award for the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian performance rights organization TONO.
Discography
- Dodo
- Kilimanjaro
- Olaway Partrol
- Kaké with Steinar Ofsdal and Becaye Aw , 2005
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| SURNAME | Sereba, Kouame |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sereba, Kouame Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ivorian jazz and world musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abidjan |