Africa(s)
Great Great Great Grandmother(s) 


What dances were our great great great grandmothers doing in Africa?
In Kongo?
In Senegambia?
In Benin?
In Mali?
The locations of our Bamboula dancestors
What were their gatherings and rhythms that gave birth to Bamboula?
Was Bamboula already being done on the African continent?
What does the term Bamboula mean?
memory in Kinkongo
bula meaning drum
Bam
ban ma: those who would not be colonized 
Bamako
Bambara
Bamana
mbula meaning rain in Lingala
bambula plural of mbula
huge rain
a dance for rain?







WE BROUGHT OUR DANCES

Bawu Naan

Interview with Pape Ibrahima “Kaolack” Ndiaye