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Traditionally cattle herding nomads, Fulani ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ communities have settled in Cameroon, Niger, Mali, Guinea, ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Senegal and Nigeria. Wherever they went, they developed ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ distinctive cultural practices and musical styles. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Omar Ka was born in 1973 in Senegal, though his family roots ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ lie in Niger. His sensitive vocals and intricate guitar ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ melodies tell instantly of his Nigerian ancestry, while ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ mbalax, reggae and funk beats ground his music firmly in the ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ bustling streets of Dakar. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Band ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ The Fula Band - a group of friends and brothers- came ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ together in 1991 to create their unique brand of Fula music. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ After four years of intense production and busy touring ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ schedules around West Africa, Omar Ka headed for Europe in ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ 1996 to prepare the road to international success. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ It took another three years before the band embarked on ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ their first European tour. Three years during which Omar ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ collaborated with a variety of Dutch musicians and featured ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ on various recordings. In 1997 Omar Ka released his first ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ album, "H.O.W" together with Willem Cramer and Hanyo van ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Oosterom. Meanwhile, his band members continued their ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ individual projects in Senegal. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Out of Africa ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ In 1999, Omar Ka & Fula Band finally reunited to set out on ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ a highly acclaimed tour, which took them to the stages of ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Belgium and the Netherlands. Their overwhelming success ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ encouraged them to record their debut album ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Mbaaranaabe/Nomad (2000). Nomad got very positive reviews. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Since then, Omar Ka & Fula Band have played on various ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ international festivals. "Desert blues meets Dakar beat..." ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ wrote the London FRoots magazine about the music of the Fula ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Band. The lyrics, all written by Omar Ka, are about the ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ nomad life as Omar knows it from his childhood. The nature ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ and the quality of the life of the Fulani people is the main ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ theme of his poetical lyrics. Omar Ka & Fula Band became the ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ group of the month in June 2000 chosen by the Dutch Popunie. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ The album Nomad was voted the CD of the week on Radio ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Rijnmond and the CD of the day by the Dutch daily Rotterdams ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Dagblad. The individual tracks were selected for different ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ compilations as DUTCH 2001 - the best world music made in ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ the Netherlands in 2000. The national television (NPS) ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ broadcast a documentary about Omar Ka in Sptember 2001. TV ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Rijnmond broadcast another documentary about Omar Ka in ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Vernis/Stem in 2002. Omar contributed to different important ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ music projects such as Music Meeting in Nijmegen (2001) and ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Made in Holland - a tribute to diversity (2002) and (2003). ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ In May 2003, Omar Ka & Fula Band performed during the Night ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ of Tiesto in Arnhem for 25 000 people. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ 2004 Soruuna ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ The last three years has Omar Ka spent mostly in Europe ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ meeting plenty of musicians and preparing his new album ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ SORUUNA (released 30th May 2004). ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ All lyrics on the album Soruuna have been written by Omar ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Ka. Even now he focuses on Africa. The lyrics are less ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ poetic this time and more social, even political. He sings ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ also about immigrants: "àImmigrants can bring good things ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ because they plant their own culture within another culture. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Immigration can mean the education of the whole world So ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ the world educates itself. Say welcome to each other! ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Immigration can be the wealth of our planet, our mission to ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ understand each other." He sings about African women, the ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ children of Africa, about the aid organizations, about human ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ fear. In the last song Laare: "It is better to see than to ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ listen onlyà.Sometimes you hear many things but wait until ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ you get to see them for yourself!". ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Omar Ka about Soruuna: "My people enjoy the wisdom of a life ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ lived in balance with nature. With each change of season, ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ they guide their flocks to new pastures, seeing new things ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ and meeting new people along the way, trading exciting ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ stories. At the end of a long day they gather around a ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ fragrant fire to share music and conversation. This is a ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ precious time, as they love to discuss the experiences of ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ their lives just as any traveler does. Just as I do. This is ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ the soruuna. It is a grounding point in everyone's life ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ journey - it's the part we learn from and the part we feel ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ compelled to share. The soruuna gives each of us ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ understanding, strength and inspiration in life. I hope this ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ album will become a soruuna for music lovers." ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Along with the steady members of the Fula Band, Omar invited ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ more musicians to participate on the recording. Malick Pathe ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Sow plays the traditional instrument hoddu, Praful the ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ flute. There are special African instruments to hear as ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ shekere, udu, clay drum, calabas, sabar, percussion, tama, ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ talking drums and of course the beautiful tunes of the kora. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Sylvie Nahawa Sadio (Zap Mamma) visited the studio to add a ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ wonderful chorus to some of the songs. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Dennis Winter was in the studio to produce the album with ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ all his love. ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Line up: ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Omar Ka: lead vocals ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Ibou Ka: rhythm guitar ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Lamine N'Diaye: drums, tama ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Bachir Dia: keyboard, bassguitar ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Laye Kane: solo guitar ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Bao Cissokho: kora ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Mousse Pathe M'Baye: sabar, percussion ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ Enjoy This Wikkid Release! ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▒▌ ▐▓█▄ ▄█▓▌ ▐█▓██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▓█▌ ██▓▒▒▒▓▓▒▒░░▒░▒░▒░░░░░ ▀▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▀ ░░░░░▒░▒░▒░░▒▒▓▓▒▒▒▓██ ▐█▒▒██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▌ Family Infos ▐▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▒▒█▌ █▓▒█▀ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▀█▒▓█ ▄██▒█▌ ▐█▒██▄ ▐█▀░▒▓▌ ▐▓▒░▀█▌ █▓░▒▒▓▌ Real Kings & Soldiers In a Musical Mission ▐▓▒▒░▓█ ▐█▓▒▒▓▌ If You Doan Know By Now ▐▓▒▒▓█▌ ▐█▓▒▒▓▌ RKS Rocks The World ▐▓▒▒▓█▌ ▐█▓▒▓▌ ▐▓▒▓█▌ ▐█▒▓▌ We Are Lookin For New Affils! ▐▓▒█▌ ▐▓▓▌ Contact Us If You Can Benefit RKS In Any Way... ▐▓▓▌ ▐█▒▓▌ ▐▓▒█▌ ▐█▓▒▓▌ ▐▓▒▓█▌ ▐█▓▒▒▓▌ BIG UP Goes To ▐▓▒▒▓█▌ █▓░▒▒▓▌ ▐▓▒▒░▓█ ▐█▄░░▐▌ JAH, vod, RAC, YARD, 0MNi, RAS, iLL, GMG ▐▌░░▄█▌ ▐█▄░░▐▌ And All Other Quality Reggae Crews ▐▌░░▄█▌ ▀██▄██▄ ▄██▄██▀ ▀█████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████▀ ▀ ▄██▀██▄░▀░░░▄██░░░▄██▀░▄██▀█▀▀█▓░░▒░░▓██▀▀█▀██▄░▀██▄░░░██▄░░░▀░▄██▀██▄ ▀ ▄█▀░▒░▀█▄░░▄██▀░░▄██▀░░▄█▀░█▓▒░▒█▓▓▒▓▓█▒░░▒▓█░▀█▄░░▀██▄░░▀██▄░░▄█▀░▒░▀█▄ █▓▒░▒▒▒▓█░▄█▀░░░▄█▀░░░ █▓▒▒░█▓░▒░██▒██░▒░ ▓█░▒▒▓█ ░░░▀█▄░░░▀█▄░█▓▒▒▒░▒▓█ .█▓▒▒░▓█. █▓▒░░▒█▓▒░░ .█▓░▒▒▄ ░▒▒▒▄▒▒▒░ ▄▒▒░▓█. ░░▒▓█▒░░▒▓█ .█▓░▒▒▓█. █░▒▒█ .█▓░░▒░█▓░ █▒░▒░ ▒▒░▒▒ ░▒░▒█ ░▓█░▒░░▓█. █▒▒░█ ▄▒▄ █░▒▒░░█ ▄░▒░ ░░ ░░ ░▒░▄ █░░▒▒░█ ▄▒▄ ░▒░▒ ▄░▒░▒ ▄ ▒▒░ ▒ ▒ ░▒▒ ▄ ▒░▒░▄ ▒░▒░ ░▒▒ ░▒▒ ░▒ ▒░ ▒▒░ ▒▒░ ▒░ ▒░ ░ ░ ░ ░▒ ░▒ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░