Madeleine Yayodele Nelson
Madeleine Yayodele Nelson (September 16, 1948 – September 6, 2018) was an American percussionist and composer. She specialized in playing the West African shekere. She also played the djembe drum, the mbira thumb piano and the calabash.
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 16, 1948
Died | September 6, 2018 69) | (aged
Nationality | American |
Education | B.S. (education), Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Musician, educator, guest artist |
Children | Ayodele Nelson |
She was the founder and director of Women of the Calabash, founded in 1978. The calabash is a gourd that comes from a fruit from Africa. Women of the Calabash gets its influences from Africa and the African Diaspora. Women of the Calabash is an ensemble percussion group that draws inspiration from sub-Sahara Africa, the Caribbean and South and North America using their own interpretations. She handcrafted shekeres, including for the Broadway show Fela!, in New York City and in London.
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