Watch the villagers of Kirina, Mali, build their new music school with the support of the Playing For Change Foundation. Our friend Mahamadou Diabate— brother of famed Kora player Toumani Diabate, and a wonderful musician in his own right– approached the Playing For Change Foundation about building a music school in his native country of … Read More
A few months ago, the Playing for Change Foundation started its third music school on the African continent. The school is located in the village of Kirina, 40 kilometers south from Bamako, Mali. Kirina is a griot village without any electricity network and a place where the inhabitants live in little houses with straw roofs … Read More
The Bizung School of Music and Dance opened on May 17, 2010. Over 150 students have registered for classes and school is officially in session! PFC Band member Mohammed Alidu and his brother Abdul “Abraman” Rahaman have put together a comprehensive program of drumming, dance, xylophone, gonje, and singing. It is the 1st school of … Read More
Bizung School of Music & Dance – Tamale, Ghana Students at the Bizung School of Music & Dance are learning traditional Ghanian music and dance within the school’s classrooms, and teachers are spreading these rich artistic traditions to the city’s youth.. Program Coordinator, François, created this video that will transport you into the heart of … Read More
Bizung School of Music & Dance – Ghana In February 2010, the Playing For Change Foundation opened its second music school in Tamale, Ghana, hometown of PFC band member Mohammed Alidu. Alidu is the descendant of a lineage of drummer chiefs from the Northern Region of Ghana called the Bizung. The school offers classes in … Read More
Tintale Village Mother´s Society – Tintale Village, Nepal In the summer of 2007 William Aura traveled to the remote village of Tintale in Nepal’s eastern valley. He was the first western man to see how the villagers there lived from day-to-day. At that time the place had no electricity, no telephones, and no modern sanitation. … Read More