CURRENT MISSION

get some stories that i can bore my grandchildren with in years to come

ABOUT ME

i love music most of all, both playing and listening to it. i play drums and percussion and a little bit of piano. i enjoy lots of styles of music, including jazz, hip hop, reggae/dub, afro-cuban, afro-brazilian.

obviously i love to travel, but i am particularly interested in achieving a sense of personal freedom. the possibility of spontaneity without fear of failure is my goal while travelling.

i grew up in an area called Hackney in East London and it is one of my most favorite places to be. it is full of people from all over the world and there is great music and culture all around. i have been lucky enough to travel a fair amount as a child with my parents to lots of places in Africa and Asia. my mum would work in these places and often me and my brother would go with her

I have just finished my first year at Leeds university studying Music and Philosophy

i am pretty left-wing and try to be as tolerant as i can. i am also a vegetarian but none of my friends are so i have no problem with people eating meat when i'm around.

PHILOSOPHY

would rather have a great day and then an awful day, than two average days.

be as open-minded as is possible

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Great way to travel and I love hosting interesting people.

Interests

i play alot of music especially afrobeat, afro-cuban and jazz. i am a drummer and percussionist and love studying afro-cuban and afro-brazilian styles

i suppose writing travel is a bit obvious?

recently i've been getting into growing plants for food (aka agriculture) but so far on quite a small scale.

• culture
• writing
• dining
• vegetarian
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• piano
• drums
• agriculture

Music, Movies, and Books

Fela Kuti,Manu Chao,D'Angelo,Art Blakey, Skarra Mucci, Ojos de Brujo,

Go Tell it On the Mountain- James Baldwin
Song For Night- Chirs Abani
My Traitors Heart- Rian Malan
Kahlil Gibran
Ian M Banks

The Deer Hunter, Rockers, Attack the block, Melancholia, three burials of melquiades estrada, cidade de deus, into the wild, ghost dog, 28 days later,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting the iron ore train through the mauritanian desert. Sitting on top of the loose stones in a container carriage and drinking mint tea with the locals.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach drumkit- i used to teach it in the UK.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cuba, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Macedonia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Spain, United Kingdom