Peul Ambassador in Geneva

By Thomas Burkhalter on February 7, 2011

By Thomas Burkhalter on 7 February 2011 in AUDIO

Kara Sylla Ka lives in Geneva since 1996. He offers me tea, and reflects on the differences of being a musician in Senegal and in Switzerland.

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Kara Sylla Ka is part of the radio reportage «Die Schweiz, mal anders. 5 Portraits» on Swiss National Radio DRS2, on 25.2.2011.

Sonic Traces: From Switzerland

This podcast and the pictures are part of the Norient project Sonic Traces: From Switzerland.

Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Diaspora, Geneva, Globale Nischen, Kara Sylla Ka, Migration, Peul, Senegal, Sonic Traces: From Switzerland, Swiss Music | 3 Responses

Tags: Diaspora / Geneva / Globale Nischen / Kara Sylla Ka / Migration / Peul / Senegal / Sonic Traces: From Switzerland / Swiss Music

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Thomas Burkhalter

Thomas Burkhalter, an ethnomusicologist, music journalist and cultural producer from Bern (Switzerland), runs the research project «Global Niches – Music in a transnational World» at the Zurich University of the Arts. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of norient – Network for Local and Global Sounds and Media Culture. He produced and tours with the audio-visual performances «Sonic Traces: From the Arab World», «Sonic Traces: From Switzerland», co-curates the norient Musikfilm Festival), and co-directed the documentary film «Buy More Incense» (2002) about Indian and Pakistani musicians of second and third generation in the UK. His dissertation «Creating Sense out of Chaos: New Sounds from Beirut« researched empirically experimental and popular music in Lebanon (University of Bern and Oldenburg, 2009). His book «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut» is going to be published by Routledge in 2013.
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3 responses to “Peul Ambassador in Geneva”

Musik in der Schweiz, mal anders.
September 21, 2011 at 10:03 am | Permalink

[...] können unter folgenden Links im Norient Magazin nachgehört werden: Yang Jing, Wael Sami, Kara Sylla Ka und [...]
Sonic Traces: From Switzerland
December 9, 2011 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

[...] Reverend Beat-Man, Bern > Round Table Knights, Bern > Dieter Ringli, Aathal-Seegräben > Kara Sylla Ka, Genf > Yang Jing, Aarburg > Wael Sami, Bern > Meduoteran, Trimbach > Festival Ear We [...]
Sonic Traces: From Switzerland – mit Gästen
August 23, 2012 at 10:59 am | Permalink

[...] Reverend Beat-Man, Bern > Round Table Knights, Bern > Dieter Ringli, Aathal-Seegräben > Kara Sylla Ka, Genf > Yang Jing, Aarburg > Wael Sami, Bern > Meduoteran, Trimbach > Festival Ear We [...]