Salif Keita

Salif Keita

male, 60 years old
Salif Keita is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the "Golden...

Rokia Traoré

female, 35 years old
Rokia Traoré is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Traoré was born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group. As her fa...

Habib Koité

male, 51 years old
Habib Koité is an internationally-known Malian musician who sings and plays the guitar. His supporting cast, Bamada, is a super-group of West A...
Richard Bona

Richard Bona

male, 42 years old
Richard Bona is a jazz musician and bassist, was born in October 28, 1967 in the town of Minta, in eastern Cameroon. Bona was born into a family of...
Yaya Diallo

Yaya Diallo

male, 63 years old
Yaya Diallo (b. 1946) is a Malian (Fienso, Koutiala Circle, Sikasso Region, French Sudan (now Mali)) drummer, author, and recording artist in the...
Baba Sissoko

Baba Sissoko

male, 54 years old
Baba Sissoko (born 8 March 1963 in Bamako, Mali) is a musician (tamani, ngoni, kamalengoni, bala, calabass) and vocalist. Sissoko is a master of...
Mah Damba

Mah Damba

female
Mah Damba is a traditional griot singer. Her family is one of Mali's top griot families; her father being the late legend Djeli Baba Sissoko (not...
Ko Kan Ko Sata

Ko Kan Ko Sata

female
Ko Kan Ko Sata is a musician from southern Mali. She plays the kamelen n'goni, a traditional eight-stringed lute, and is said to be the only woman...
Mama Ohandja

Mama Ohandja

male
Mama Ohandja is a Cameroonian singer, musical arranger, dancer and choreographer. In the early 1970s, he became the most prominent musician in the...
Jan Marmenout

Jan Marmenout

male
Jan Marmenout (Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian percusionist and multi-instrumentalist playing such instruments as the berimbau, kalimba, balafon,...