My conversation with Founder and Co-Director of the African Drum and Dance Group Teye Sa Thiosanne, Elder Yiriba.

Teye Sa Thiosanne African Drum and Dance Company is a San Diego based non-profit organization that provides performances and programs in West African song, music, and dance.  The company has been in existence since 1988 and has been consistent in providing the community with cultural expression.  Teye Sa Thiosanne means keepers of the tradition in the Senegalese Wolof language. In this episode Elder Yiriba documents his long journey from Dallas Texas to San Diego California.  His talks about his early interest in music and how it shaped him into becoming a world renown Djembe Drummer. As an Elder in the San Diego community he has been a major influence on the younger generation from giving drumming workshops, performances, classes on the history of  African music and his role as an Elder in the San Diego Rites of Passage Organization.