Natu Camara was born in Ivory Coast and grew up in Guinea. She got together with three friends to form female R&B/hip-hop band, the Ideal…
Artist Profiles: Natu Camara
Tag: Guinean music
Guinean Bongo Sidibe to Present New Album Root Boy – Pon pon pon
Bongo Sidibe and The Tontons with Duniya Dance and Drum Company are set to perform on Friday, January 31, 2020 at Ashkenaz Music in Berkeley,…
Artist Profiles: Wofa
Wofa means ‘come together’ in the Soso dialect of Guinea. It also represents the combined energy of some of the finest young performers of West…
Artist Profiles: Mamady Keita
Born in 1950, master drummer Mamady Keita came from eastern Guinea, once a part of the vast Manding Empire. In pre-colonial times it also included…
Artist Profiles: Kadé Diawara
Kadé Diawara is highly celebrated throughout Guinea as one of the single most significant jeli women in the country. On October 2, 1958 – the…
Artist Profiles: Famoudou Konaté
Famoudou Konaté is an exceptional virtuoso on the jembe. Famoudou Konaté was born in 1940 in Sangbarala, in the Hamana region of Guinea – the…
Artist Profiles: Sekou “Diamond Fingers” Diabate
The dazzling West African guitar virtuoso, Sekou “Diamond Fingers” Diabate, of the legendary Bembeya Jazz, is widely considered to be one of the top few…
Artist Profiles: Prince Diabate
Prince Diabate hails from a prominent family of Malinke jeli musicians from Guinea, West Africa. He learned his art from his father at a very…
Artist Profiles: N’Faly Kouyate
N’Faly Kouyate was born into the most famous family of jalis of the Manding, the region of West Africa which includes Guinea-Conakry, Mali, the Gambia,…
Artist Profiles: Mory Kanté
The initiation of a jali (also known as griot) begins before his birth. While she carried the son of El Hadj Djélifodé Kanté, Fatouma Kamissoko…