I'm no expert but the djembefolas of today have taken the playing far beyond the traditional in order to show their skills. I know perhaps 50 traditional songs - and this one is not among them. The little odd time signatures played by Babara don't seem to have any analog in the traditional songs/rhythms. Playing to a Western audience is a good way to be desired by Western Unis. so much so that educational visas(F-1) have been granted to rather young masters. I took lessons from perhaps a dozen of them during the 1990s...in the states. Moreover, wide recognition can be a total ticket out of poverty for a talented djembefola these days. Guinea has - and has had - "djembe tourism" for some time now. If you're able to go to the old continent, I highly recommend it. Of course I am likely to be wrong ;)

Todd Wright Exactly! I know a few but never heard this one. They usually sound somewhat familiar. Never heard this one.

@@souldeep808 It's new to me as well. * Shrugs * At ny rate it is very cool. One of the things I have noted when master djembefolas come to the states is that the men not only seem to be in some sort of competition - we had 7 Malians over to teach at one time - it is that they ARE in competition to see if any will be granted visas. I drummed with the Official dance troupe of Guinea in the early 1990s. That was a lot different as those amazing people were revered at home. I got to know Abdoulaye Sylla very well. He passed recently and there are videos on KZbin celebrating his life. He was a wonderful human. His wife(American) is a sweetheart. I live about two hours driving time from their home. The dance troupe's name is Les Ballets Africains. Yamoussa Camera lives here now....he's great.