Seydouba Soumah & Lanyi - Africa Dance

Seydouba Soumah (1956-2002) and his group Lanyi perform the song "Africa Dance" from their self titled album "Lanyi" (1997)

Seydouba was a child prodigy in his home country The republic of Guinée, W-Africa. For years he was a member of the renown "Les ballets Africains de Guinée" before moving to Europe and settling down in Arnhem, Holland. He formed the group "Lanyi" in 1995 along with Icelandic drummer Halldór Lárusson. The group split up in the year 2000.

Seydouba passed away in december of 2002 after loosing the battle with cancer.

Members of Lanyi:

Seydouba Soumah: Vocals, Kora & percussion
Halldór Lárusson: Drums & percussion
Rowdy LeMaire: Bass guitar
Kadiatou Sylla: Backing vocals and dancer
Sillo Camara: Backing vocals & dancer
Tom van Beers: Keyboards
Pieter Pennings: Percussion

Later more members joined the group:

Omar Diabaté: percussion
Klaus van Boekel: Percussion

Category:

Music

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• Seydouba
• Soumah
• Lanyi
• Kora
• West Africa
• Halldor
• Larusson
• Djembe
• african music
• Gretsch
• Rowdy
• Lemaire