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Migritude
Migritude is a powerful solo musical performance by Dudù Kouate that blends ancestral rhythms, voice, and found objects into a deeply moving ritual of sound and memory. Rooted in Kouate’s Griot heritage and shaped by his transnational journey between Senegal and Europe, the performance explores migration, identity, loss, and resilience. Migritude is an intimate yet universal experience: a living bridge between cultures, where the stage becomes a shared space of listening, reflection, and collective humanity.
Dates and times
Friday, April 4, 7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Address
Moll de Barcelona, Port Vell (Port of Barcelona). Scene.
Dudù Kouate
Born in 1963 in Dakar into a family of griots, singer and percussionist Dudù Kouaté is a fervent advocate of West African musical tradition. He plays over 200 instruments in total: djembe, tama, calabash, kanjira, whistles, chimes, bells, ngoni... And he sings primarily in his native Wolof, but also in Bambara—the language of the Bambara ethnic group of West Africa—as well as in Italian, French, and English.
On stage, Kouate becomes a one-man orchestra, surrounded by traditional African instruments and self-crafted sound objects. Rhythm, silence, and voice interact to create an immersive soundscape where music is not entertainment but language, resistance, and connection.
