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luly 23. 2008
Eddie Lincoln Broker
Habib Koite at
the Oregon Zoo
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World-class artist brings sounds
of West Africa to Portland
Lance and M organ, the Oregon
Zoo's slender-snouted crocodiles,
should feel right at home, as West
African music drifts from the con­
cert lawn to their exhibit in the zoo's
Bamha du Jon swamp. W orld-class
M alian m usician H abib Koite and
his band. Bam ada, bring their rich
harm onies, unique guitar picking
and lively drum m ing to Portland
W ednesday, July 30, at 7 p.m. as
part o f the zoo's Sum m er Concert
Series presented by Fred M eyer
and W ells Fargo.
"H abib K oite and his band,
Bam ada, have a rich and extensive
repertoire, and they draw on the
m any m usical traditions o f Mali,"
said Krista Swan, zoo events co o r­
dinator. "Not only does this ap­
proach grant a w ide breadth o f
m aterial, it also sym bolizes Koite's
openness to a variety o f music."
Koite is revered as a griot, an
im portant class o f W est A frican
m usician-bards. But unlike many
other griots, Koite em phasizes soft,
cadenced m elodies, using a form he
c r e a te d c a jle d d a n s s a - d o s o .
"D anssa" is a rhythm popular to his
native city o f Keyes, and "doso" is
one o f the most potent and ancient
musical traditions o f Mali.
Relying on danssa-doso, Koite's
first album , "M uso Ko," topped the
Hart Realty
European w orld-m usic charts in
1995, "M am a Ya," envisioned as a
"voyage through M ali," follow ed
in 1999. K oite's latest release,
" Afriki," was one o f the top world-
music album s o f 2007.
Koite's near-universal appeal led
to his 2002 collab o ratio n with
Bonnie Raitt on her album "Silver
Lining." Such partnerships have
earned Koite a reputation as a for­
ward-thinker. "W ith one foot in the
past and the other in the future,"
noted National Geographic, "Habib
Koite is an artist for a generation
that has w itnessed the breaking
down o f cultural barriers."
"H abib Koite can incorporate
ancient them es into modern mu­
sic," said Swan.
"His concerts with Bam ada are
bold, inventive and always beauti­
ful."
Tickets for the concert can be
purchased at the O regon Z oo for
$10 each.
Tickets can also be purchased
(with service charge) online or at
Ticketm aster locations at area Fred
M eyer stores. For more inform a­
tion on the concert schedule or to
p u rc h a se tic k e ts , p le a s e v isit
w w w .oregonzoo.org.
The O regon Z oo has brought
outdoor music to Portland for 30
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Habib Koite, one o f Mali's most influential artists, takes the
Oregon Zoo on a "voyage through Mali" Wednesday, July 30, as
part of the zoo's Summer Concert Series presented by Fred
Meyer and Wells Fargo. Photo by Dirk Leunis.
years. In 1979. the zoo becam e the
first zoo in the nation to host a
sum m er concert series.
Since then, the series has be­
com e one o f the top outdoor events
in the Northwest, and is the region's
longest-running outdoor series.
Fred M eyer and W ells Fargo are
the presenting sponsors o f the se­
ries, also co-sponsored by KINK
fm 102 and KATU Television and
PDX magazine.
The zoo is a service of Metro and
is dedicated to its mission to inspire
the community to create a better
future for wildlife. Committed locon-
servation, the zoo is currently work­
ing to save endangered California
condors, W ashington's pygmy rab­
bits, Oregon silverspot butterllies,
Oregon spotted frogs and western
pond turtles.
The zoo opens at 8 a.m. daily and
is located five m inutes from dow n­
town Portland, ju st o ff Highway 26.
The zoo is also accessible by MAX
light rail line. Zoo visitors are en ­
couraged to ride MAX or take
TriM et bus No. 63.
Visitors who take the bus or MAX
receive $1 o ff zoo adm ission. Call
TriM etCustom erServicc. 503-238-
RIDE(7433), or visit www.trimet.org.
G eneral adm ission is $9.75 ( 12-
64), seniors $8.25 (65+), children
$6.75 (3 -1 1 ), and infants 2 and un­
der are free; 25 cents o f the adm is­
sion price helps fund regional con­
servation projects through the zoo's
Future for Wildlife program. A park­
ing fee o f $2 per car is also required.
Additional inform ation is available
at w w w .oregonzoo.org or by call­
ing 503-226-15 6 1.
Vintage Black Cinema Stamps go on Sale
Vintage movie posters
highlighting various
facets o f the African-
American cultural experi­
ence, as represented in
early film, are returning
to postage stamps as
the U.S. Postal Service
issues the Vintage Black
Cinema stamps. The 42-
cent commemorative First-Class stamps were dedicated July 16 at the Newark, N.J., Museum during the
Black Film Festival and went on sale nationwide that day. The Vintage Black Cinema souvenir sheet
includes 20 stamps in four rows with five different commemorative stamps featuring posters advertising
movies produced for African-American audiences prior to 1950. Stamp art director and designer Carl T.
Hermann of Carlsbad, Calif., intended to evoke a strip o f film with perforations, or sprocket holes, run­
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