The Konkoba is a rhythm that origianally was played to accompany the farmers during their work on the field. The farmers are working/dancing on this Konkoba-rhythm. The Konkoba Dundun is played when the farmers go back to the villages. Learned from Mamady "Delmundo" Keïta and Ibro Konaté

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Variation by Ibro Konate

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