djembe kan I PLAY I aakusti I beyond and back series 2

Aakusti has been performing and teaching djembe in Helsinki, Finland since 1996. He started his apprenticeship in the same year and went on to study with Mamady Keita, Famoudou Konate, Papa "Ladji" Camara, Adama Drame and finally, with Zoumana Dembele of Burkina Faso, his main djembe art influencer, long-term collaborator and field research informant.
Aakusti plays on lenke wood Djeliba Djembe manufactured in Guinea and fine-tuned at Djembepaja.
Video is produced by Djembepaja in collaboration with Talking Drum
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