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| Alphonse Daudet Touna is a Cameroonian musician, composer, teacher and instrument maker now living in Bristol. Each year Alphonse teaches hundreds of people to make traditional African instruments and thousands of children to sing, dance and play his African percussion. He takes the rhythm of his drums and the beautiful haunting sound of the balafon to elderly, disabled and disadvantaged groups all over the Bristol area. Over 2000 children came to his recent workshops at the Empire & Commonwealth Museum to gain an insight into the Slave Trade and its Abolition. His Afro-Jazz band, Hélélé, delights audiences at festivals all over the country as well as the Old Duke in Bristol. | Alphonse plays a balafon (African marimba) he made himself. The rich balafon melody creates another style of afro jazz through a mix of forest rhythms such as Assiko, Bikoutsi, Makoune, Makossa and Bolobo.
His songs bring messages of peace, non-violence and anti-racism. Stories of migration and asylum. Themes of safety and security in the many places people find themselves living. Catch Alphonse at Thali Easton Sunday 19th April, and again at Thali Totterdown on the 26th. Send your reviews to gemma@thethalicafe.co.uk to enter Alphonse into draw to perform at Shambala 2009, and yourself with the opportunity to win a meal for two at any Thali cafe.
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