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This is precisely the meaning of Ségui Sô, the title of the most recent album by Donald Dogbo, the Ivorian drummer and percussionist based in Montreal since 2014. He chose this term in Bambara to mark a return to the ancestral origins of African rhythms while blending them with contemporary jazz. With a percussionist grandfather who passed on his passion for this instrument to him, today, it is his turn to pass this on to his son Ziya, who can be heard on the track “Ségui Sô.” Donald Dogbo considers himself a mentor to young artists arriving in Montreal and serves as their guide, having received the same welcome from more established artists upon his arrival in Quebec. Sandra Gasana spoke with him for PAN M 360 a few days before his launch show at the Ministère, on Saturday, October 25.
