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About Moussa Diallo (biography) Bass player, singer and composer. Born February 17th 1955 in Paris, France. Brought up in Bamako, Mali and currently residing in Copenhagen, Denmark In 1974, when fusion between western and traditional African music was still just a wish to be fulfilled, a young man from Mali found himself in Copenhagen with an electric bass. Moussa Diallo had left his native country to seek out possibilities in the far north. The oldest son of a Danish mother and a Malian father had already earned his first musical experiences playing in various dancing bands in Mali. The Danish...

Fatoumata Diawara (born 1982 in Ivory Coast) is a Malian musician currently living in France. Born in Côte d'Ivoire to Malian parents, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting, appearing in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's 1999 feature film La Genèse, Dani Kouyaté's popular 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python, in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal de Luxe, and played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba. She later took up the guitar and began composing her own material, writing songs that blend Wassalou traditions of Southern Mali with international influences. Noted for her "sensuous voice," she...

Djeli Moussa Diawara (also known as Jali Musa Jawara) is born in a family of Guinean griots, hereditary caste of musicians. His father was a balafon player, and his mother a singer. His half-brother, they share the same mother, is Mory Kanté. He then became a « jali » or « djeli », mandingo word for griot. He learned to play the Balafon, the Kora and the guitar. In 1983, his first LP, now known as Yasimika, is released in Abidjan. It's still nowadays considered a great piece of African music. His Flamenkora album is published in 1998, offering a...

Moussa Traoré urodził się i wychował w Mali (zachodnia Afryka). Przez ponad 30 lat grał na djembe, aż wreszcie, po 12-letnim okresie nauki, dostał od swojego nauczyciela Sega Cissé prawo tytułowania się "mistrzem djembe". Moussa Traoré osiągnął biegłość w grze zarówno jako muzyk estradowy, jak i solista podczas tradycyjnych świąt oraz ceremonii, a także jako wykonawna Malijskiej muzyki pop. Gra rytmy pochodzące od wielu grup etnicznych zamieszkujących Mali, m.in.: Bambara, Malinké, Dogon, Bobo, Bozo, Minianka, Sorghai, Soninké i Khasonké. W roku 1998 zamieszkał w USA. .