- male
- Griot aka Brewz Bana is a rapper from Basel, Switzerland. Formerly known as Mory, he released several records and mix-tapes, until he was finally...
- 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...
- male, 50 years old
- Youssou N'Dour (born October 1, 1959 in Dakar) is a Senegalese singer and percussionist. He helped develop popular music in Senegal, known in the...
- male, 59 years old
- Mory Kanté is an acclaimed vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot (hereditary) m...
- male, 41 years old
- Tiken Jah Fakoly is a reggae singer from Côte d'Ivoire. Tiken Jah was born into a family of griots and christened "Doumbia Moussa Fakoly" on June 2...
- male
- Foday Musa Suso (b. Sarre Hamadi Village, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of eastern Gambia) is a musician and composer from the West...
- 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...
- 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...
- male
- Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa. Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, east of the Malian...
- male, deceased (2003)
- Ahmadou Kourouma was an Ivorian novelist. The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Côte d'Ivoire. Ra...
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