Toumany Diawara

Toumany Diawara is a musician and educator from Mali, based in France, specializing in West African music practices and in the instruments djembe, dunun, and n’goni. He has an international presence as a performer and teacher and is the founder of the group BiFoliKaDi and co-creator of African Voices in Greece. He has developed the methodology “Music and Body: From Ears to Feet,” which connects music with physical expression, and has founded the SAYON cultural center in Mali to with strengthen children’s access to music education.