JOKO INTERNATIONAL

Presents

Peace Movement between Africa and the United States

Support to stop violence to the African young children who are influenced by violence represented in US media.

“Come together as one nation to put goodness to the new generation. To the whole world of goodness that the highly almighty created. The drum and the music, will show us the path of togetherness. Coming together at once to enstore peace.”

-Baba Fode Sissoko

“Welcome to the last door of no return. Where our ancestors were taken from us. The bloody island calling for peace from all around the world, seeking all beings through love and all goodness. From the church, the mosque, the temple - all humanity that is called to peace.”

Baba Fode Sissoko:

A grandson of the king of Malinke history. The history of the West-African tradition that has never been taught. It is passed by people to people, generation to generation, family to family - to be able to protect and hold, and to teach the nation of Africa of their true descendants, of who they are.

Baba Fode embodies 222 generations of Jeli through his music and dance. Traveling around the world, from Africa to Europe and the US since the age of five. Tremendously gifted, he is the grandson of the great sorca king in the Malinke Empire.

To enstore a discipline and respect to the empire of Mande. Known across continents, teaching a native tradition that has never been written down. Baba Fode is original African. His ancestry holds a deeply rooted truth within the origins of humanity. Only passed from family to family. Descendant of the king and the prince of Mandinke.

Baba Fode was born in Senegal, West-Africa, the holy man Mam’Sher Ibrahimafall is his grandfather. The grandfather of his grandmother, Rockhoiya-fall, is Fode’s grandmother. Fode is of the holy lineage of West Africa which installed the Rastafarian culture and Sufism and Beifallism. Fode has been carrying the truth of Africa as he is the ancestor of all. He has been teaching around the World what can be done for Africa. African dance and drum culture are speaking about his family’s tradition and history. His family created and passed it down from generation to generation, the history has never been written down.

Fode is the foundation of the oral culture which has been protected for over 222 generations.

Welcome to Africa

2-3 week journey to the last door of no return, West-Africa

With the truth of African Culture, with the Malinke Jelis. With their people, culture and tradition: to welcome you and to share through music and dance

OVERVIEW

Purchase your own plane ticket + $700/week for:

Rooming, meals, classes, travel to: market, Lake Retba: Lac Rose, national ballet bugarabu (& other knowledgeable companies representing the community of the national ballet of Senegal)

• Classes are offered by Jelis of Malinke, Fulani, Jola and Sere tribes - all of who hold the West-African library, sharing from their own tongue. Merging to Africa with natives. To connect to our ancestors through peace, a festival of incarnating our ancestors through peace, dance and drum at gore island:

  • Greatest welcoming with artists, family and village on first day of arrival.

  • After three days of arrival - warm welcome by community with dancers. To present what has been learned, share experience and answer questions.

  • On the last day we will have a celebration to present what has been learned and who we have become. To share with everyone.

  • (One day for personal exploration with accompaniment by natives and coordinated with personal funds)

For reservations

first-come, first-serve - call Fode 213-224-4110 or email fode47871@gmail.com

• $200 down payment to reserve spot

• Let us know your dietary preferences

• You can reserve instruments to learn how to connect to our ancestors through peace, music and love: rental $3/day for djembe, kora, duin duins, balaphone, talking drum, sabar, soruba.

• You can purchase an instruments and experience the creation process: (Djembe: $150-250, Duin Duins: $300-350, Kora: $200-500, Balaphone: $300-550 Talking Drum: $100-120, Sabar: $150-250 Sabar, Soruba $500 (set), $100 (each)

Courses are taught by 15 griot family members of the national Ballet Silaba.

Teachings include:

FODE SISSOKO

Fode Sissoko is a master drummer, Kora player and composer from Senegal, West Africa. Fode is the grandson of Soundioulou Sissoko, King of the Kora & most renowned master in all of West Africa. Fode is a Griot/Jeli.  He began Kora at the age of 5 and by 8 he was playing the Djembe and Dun Dun Drums. An acknowledged master, Fode toured Africa, Europe and America, performing with Baba Olatunji for 11 years.

The Sissoko family are Griots/Jeli and renowned masters of kora, drum, dance and song for generations. Griots are recognized throughout Africa as keepers of the history of their people, through music and the oral traditions. Historically, musicians and griots are transmitters of wisdom. They are highly skilled performers, teachers and are craftsmen of the finest instruments made in Africa.

Fode is a central part of the Los Angeles-based collective Daansekou, led by King Tae “Daunte Fyall”. He also leads kora and drum lessons in L.A.’s Leimert Park and across the city.

Fode is presenting the new generation:

“Drums instead of guns, drums instead of violence, drum instead of harm: with ancient traditional instruments and culture, the power of the drum will heal all the wombs. And it will heal and take care of all negativities, all sickness, all different situations we call “problems” in this world.

Natural therapy, natural healing through vibration: the drum is a healing power. Fode has been traveling around the world and teaching and healing people with the magical drum, the voice of the ancestors, as a drum healer - to protect the village and truth of oral tradition of the African culture that has never been taught. All levels are welcome to his courses because it is a healing process.

Because healing is the most beautiful gift and we cannot do it alone, together we can do anything we want. But togetherness and the voice of the Spirit, what brought us together called love, will be eternal to pass down by our actions and by our being. It is the time for us to create, to come together, to teach those who are coming after us a better example: to become one love. For the voice of Peace, togetherness. Healing Power is among us through our togetherness, our breath, the heat in us and the greatest gift, we all have differences. Welcome, all of you to the bottom of the holy gift of Spirit of diversity: of understanding our differences through love. That love has been determined by us, to give back - because it is a lifetime process to understand a gift.

Let us come together, as our ancestors gave us the voice of the greatest love called: come together and pray together and be together. And through all our differences, one is not different. It is all love. The only difference is where we are brought up but there is no difference in love.

For once again we have a chance to come together to pray for love, we have that gift. You and I, when we come together, we can play togetherness to give us the greatest love and togetherness. Amen”

- Fode Sissoko, founding director of JOKO INTERNATIONAL

KINGTAE

Born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Washington DC; Daunte “KINGTAE” Fyall is a passionate dance instructor, performing artist, and motivational speaker. Daunte travels around the world enriching our communities with the healing energy and power of Traditional West African Dance.

Daunte will be teaching and merging the West African dance and culture with the tradition of the native people’s culture, together with the mandinken Prince and the King’s family of Jali. Learn more about KINGTAE:

Bailar Sissoko

Petit Fode

Samba Sissoko

Bongo