Ladilikan

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:22 -0600

Dene's new album Ladilikan is composed of 11 songs:
- "Sangha" and "Koro Lere" emphasize the Dogon culture through modernization on one hand of a traditional Dogon feast song and on the other hand a funeral song.
- "Térébali" relates to a war which took place, a long time ago, between two Dogon villages
- "Bassé téré" emphasizes the Malian culture by recalling the story of the sinanguya (joking) between the Dogons and the Sonrhaïs (ethnic groups). This song is written and interpreted by Déné and Baba Salah (Sonrhaï star of Malian music)
- "Mousso Koutan" and "Ladilikan" are two songs which try to describe and advise on the relations between men and women, the behaviour and the place of each one in today’s Malian society
- "Lombalia", "Lala", "I man toun" describe the problems, which can touch the women of Mali (polygamy, forced marriage, excision, STIs and HIV).
- "Ben" is a song, which speaks about the current conflicts in the world through wondering about the capacity of men to live in peace.
- “Where are we going?” is a poem by the Malian poet Amadoun Ibrahima Issébére, it’s about the refugees during war on the African continent and about the possibilities of living in peace on the continent.

Ogopo

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:22 -0600

Ogopo is an illustration of the multiple and various talents of Déné. She has given free expression to her inspirations while refusing to adopt a specific musical idiom in a lovely musical cocktail

New Music From Dene Issebere on Calabash Music

Ladilikan

Ogopo