Anand Bhagat, frontman of Boombay Djembe Folas, plays the balafon 

Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in West Africa, might be known to the world for its military coups and droughts, yet this has been no hindrance to its cultural revolutions. The country is popular for traditional Folk poetry and instruments like the djembe and balafon. Anand Bhagat -- a Mumbai-based percussionist who visited it to study the various rhythmic patterns from the Griots a few years ago -- will present a set dedicated to his teachers at a gig tonight. His band is called Boombay Djembe Folas that also comprises Tejas Parekh (dununs, sangbang), Prathamesh Kandalkar (djembe and vocals) and Tre Munroe (kenkeni, vocals).