L'un des dix jeunes musiciens maliens sélectionnés pour étudier à Cuba, il allait devenir le pionnier de son propre style de salsa africaine.
- Professor emeritus of music, SOAS, University of London
One of ten young Malian musicians chosen to study in Cuba, he would pioneer his own brand of African salsa.
La famosa pareja de músicos, Amadou & Mariam, ayudó a llevar las ricas tradiciones musicales de Malí a una nueva audiencia global. Amadou falleció el pasado 4 de abril.
Le célèbre couple de musiciens non-voyants, Amadou & Mariam, a contribué à faire connaître les riches traditions musicales du Mali à un nouveau public mondial.
The famous blind couple, Amadou & Mariam, helped take Mali’s rich musical traditions to a new global audience.
Toumani Diabaté left a legacy as enormous as the west African Mande music tradition he was born into.
Gomis était le dernier survivant des fondateurs d'Orchestra Baobab, le groupe le plus célèbre du Sénégal.
Gomis was the last surviving founder of Orchestra Baobab, Senegal’s most famous band.
His single Yeke Yeke was the first African song to pass a million in sales, but it’s meaning was best understood in Guinea, home of the griot and kora star.
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