Biography This band has attained almost legendary status in West African music history. In 1970 it was among the most popular in Senegal and continues to be remembered, not least because of the below-mentioned disks. The band was formed one Friday in 1970 to play at the opening of Club Baobab in Dakar. A number […]
1958 – MALI / SENEGAL Biography “A good kora-player can often make you think you are hearing two or three instruments at the same time”, says Habib Koite. He doesn’t play kora (West African harp), but guitar with a technique inspired by the kora. Habib Koite comes from Senegal, is a member of the Griot Khassongke […]
1943 – ANGOLA Biografi Jose Adelino Barcelo de Carvalho aka Bonga Kwenda was Portuguese champion on 400 metres for Benfica at the time Angola was still a part of the Portuguese colonial empire, a situation that lasted until 1975. Bonga Kwenda was born in 1943 in Kipri to the North of Luanda in Angola of a […]
1947 – SENEGAL Biografi Amadou Pape Fall was born on the 3rd of July 1947 in Rufisque, 28 km from Dakar. I 1966 Pape Fall began his career as musician and singer with Dakar Rythme, which he soon quit to join L’Africain Jazz. In 1968, he joined the Youth Band of Dakar which became the Dunya […]
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Biography The group got their name from the little South African town of Ladysmith, from whence their leader of many years, Joseph Shabalala, hails. The other half of the name is a nod to the Black Mambazo group “Black Axe”, active in South Africa during the 1950s. Joseph Shabalala, who started […]
Biografi Solo and Aliou Cissokho, the founders of Cissokho System, belong to the Mandinka people. They are a minority in Senegal that only consists of 3% of the popåulation. Solo and Aliou are born in Ziguinchor, Casamance, south of the Gambia, in a jali (griot) family that has taught its members playing kora and telling […]
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Biography This female vocal trio, still comprised of Nobesthutu Mbada, Hilda Tloubatla and Mildred Mangxola, have exerted enormous influence on the musical life of South Africa since forming in 1964. Mahotella Queens began as the backing group for the male singer Mahlathini, but the group has also performed as an independent […]
Biography Koko Dembele is a reggae artist from Mali. As coming from a griot family, it was difficult for “Igofrey” to take another direction than music in life. His father was a percussionist and exercised the familial profession of shoemaker and used to animate the traditional feast of the village. His wife always accompanied him; […]
1964 – CAPE VERDE Biography Born in 1964 on the island of Sao Nicolau, Teofilo Chantre came with his family, 1 year old to the island São Vicente to the town of Mindelo, the cultural centre of the islands. His father Vitorinho Chantre used to write lyrics for different composers, among them Armandio Cabral, the composer […]
SENEGAL, COSTA RICA Biography From the outset Africando is the project of musician and star producer Ibrahim Sylla. Salsa has been a hugely popular style in Senegal since the 1940-50s, and his goal has been to cultivate the tradition from the African side of the Atlantic. Ibrahim Sylla himself has a collection of over 6000(!) […]
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