Adama Dembele

Adama Dembele is Bambara and was born in Ivory Coast, West Africa. As a djembefola (master djembe player) he is from a family that has been serving the community through the music and culture of the djembe and balafon, for a very long time.

Adama’s family place, known as “The Djembe House”, was a respected place to become educated in the traditional ways of the Bambara people. The Djembe House, helped to shape the fiber and being of many professional djembe players globally, by teaching the traditions set forth by the ancestors.

Adama Dembele is from Ivory Coast, West Africa and his family place, known as “The Djembe House” (or DjembeSo) has been serving the community through the music and culture of the djembe and balafon, for a very long time. Adama is the 33rd generation in his family’s legacy in the traditional ways of the Bambara people, that have supported both local children and many professional international djembe players, by teaching the traditions of his ancestors.

Adama is a Cultural Ambassador and Resident Teaching Artist of LEAF Global Arts, a Professor at UNCA and Warren Wilson College, a father and is a multi instrumental composer and choreographer.