Mor Thiam

Dakar Senegal, master percussionist, world traveller. Director of the United Ballet Africaine; Director,The Institute For the Study of African Culture, Dakar with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia USA; Entertainment Consultant to World Disney; Composer, Director performer travelling with his percussion group "Drums of Fire" and "The World Saxophone Quartet" ; Music Director, 16 years, for dancer, choreographer Katherine Dunham , Dunham Center East St Louis, Illinois, USA; Chief facilitator in Dakar representing the DAX

Group telematic performance piece "DAX Dakar d' Accord" slowscan television (SSTV) between Dakar and Pittsburgh 1990. Member of the DAX Board of Directors 1990 - present. For the past several years Mor Thiam has conducted workshops working with Native American drummers in Montana and Western Washington (Seattle).