Thomas OttDr. Thomas Ott, born in 1945 in Walsrode, Germany, is a scholar and educator specializing in African music and intercultural learning. He served as a Professor of Music Education at the Berlin University of the Arts and the University of Cologne. Otthas contributed to numerous development cooperation projects in Guinea and Malawi, living in Guinea with his wife, Eva Ott, for three years.Ott first met Famoudou Konaté in The Gambia in 1994, and together they published the book and CD Rhythms and Songs from Guinea in 1997. Ott edited and compiled Konaté's autobiographical writings into this book. Read More Read Less