 In 1986 and 1987, Konaté began his independent teaching career at the same time he was working still for the "Les Ballets Africains" in Conakry.Rále Dominique from Germany, Alain Brammer and Michel Weelen both from France were Konaté's first master studens since 1986.They all went together in Famoudou's Konate birth village, Sangbaralla around Kouroussa in the upper Guinée and made a first recording, on tape, off his work and brought it back to Europe.