Deggo Yëggo emerged from the encounter between some of the most interesting and innovative artists in Sardinian and Senegalese music, who, starting from their own musical heritage, have developed a research project based on contemporary practice. The group came to life in Dakar, in 2019, thanks to the international cooperation project music@work, subsidized by Regione Autonoma della Sardegna and organized by the Cherimus association together with the University of Sassari, The Nivola Museum of Orani, Sardegna Teatro, and the municipalities of Perdaxius and Carbonia, in collaboration with the Senegalese Dakar-based association Kër Thiossane, Villa pour l’art et le multimédia.
The photo gallery summarizes some of the most significant moments of the encounter of the musicians in Dakar after months of remote collaboration, including their rehearsals, their first public concert in the Kër Thiossane headquarters, and the recording of the songs created or reinvented on the occasion of this meeting in Pape Konatè’s studio. All pictures are by Umberto Santoro.
