Léon Keita – Gnanassouma
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leon-keita-gnanassouma/
From the legendary Rail Band from Bamako to les Ambassadeurs internationaux, Leon Keita, singer et guitar player, forged his manding sound and later recorded 2 solo albums. A fixture on the Malian music scene, Leon Keïta was born in Conakry on the Atlantic coast of Guinea in 1947. After completing his studies he found his […]
Self-Titled Summer | Djeli Moussa Diawara (1983, Guinea)
Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 387 on The List, submitted by platenworm. This is the gorgeous debut album (also found under the title Yasimika) by the Mandinka griot and kora player, considered a classic West African album by those who know it.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/07/31/self-titled-summer-djeli-moussa-diawara-1983-guinea/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djeli-moussa-diawara (scroll to the bottom to see the 4 tracks from this album)
Happy listening!
#DjeliMoussaDiawara #JaliMusaJawara #griot #kora #balafon #Guinea #Mandinka #Mandingo #AfricanMusic #WestAfricanMusic #1980s #selftitled #music #1001OtherAlbums
Djeli Moussa Diawara – Haidara (remastered)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-haidara-remastered/
Here’s the full 2010 remastered version of Haidara, the Guinean korafola Djeli Moussa Diawara recorded in Abidjan in 1982 for his 1st album.
Read the stories about the album on Wikipedia. […]
UN COUPLE PANAFRICAIN
Miriam Makeba et Stokely Carmichael en Guinée
Elara Bertho
"En 1968, Miriam Makeba et Stokely Carmichael quittent les États-Unis pour s’installer à Conakry, capitale de la Guinée socialiste. Réfugiés politiques en exil, la chanteuse sud-africaine mondialement connue et le militant révolutionnaire noir décident de se mettre au service du régime de Sékou Touré et de son ambitieux programme de décolonisation des esprits."
Takana Zion – Humble Lion
https://amf.didiermary.fr/takana-zion-humble-lion/
Takana Zion prolonge l’héritage africain du Reggae, légué par Bob Marley.
On pourrait se demander pourquoi il faut se rendre encore à Kingston pour enregistrer un album reggae, quand tant d’instrumentistes talentueux sur tous les continents savent jouer cette musique à la perfection en particulier sur le continent africain ?La réponse s’impose d’elle-même en écoutant […]
Nimbaya – The Women’s Drum & Dance Company of Guinea
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nimbaya-women-drum-dance-guinea/
A daring response to the taboo of women playing djembe in West Africa, NIMBAYA! is the first all women’s percussion and dance troupe from Guinea, sharing a new interpretation of traditional African drumming and dance.
“Choosing Nimbaya! was intended to be a tribute to women’s beauty, strength, fertility and integrity.”
In the late 1950s and […]
Les Ballets Africains
https://amf.didiermary.fr/les-ballets-africains/
Old footage of Les Ballets Africains, the national dance company of Guinea.
Founded in Paris in 1952 by Keita Fodeba, it’s composed of dancers and acrobats (athletes!) with a full accompanying traditional band (balafon, percussions, Kora…) and plenty of djembefolas.
They’re still active, although less & less outside Guinea…
The video shows them performing for the […]
Sekouba Bambino – Sinikan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sekouba-bambino-sinikan/
Sekouba Diabaté, aka Sekouba Bambino, is a Guinean singer and musician, born in 1964.
"Pre-eminent Guinean voice celebrating over three decades at the forefront of West African music."
—Afrikafestival Hertme
In 1983, at the age of 19, Diabaté was asked to join Bembeya Jazz, Guinea’s best-known musical group. He was given the nickname “Bambino” to distinguish […]
Bembeya Jazz National
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bembeya-jazz-national/
Tout au long de sa longue carrière, jusqu’aux années 90, le Bembeya Jazz a compté dans ses rangs de nombreux grands musiciens : son fondateur et chanteur Aboubacar Demba Camara, le grand guitariste Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté (aka “Diamond fingers”), et le chanteur Sékouba Bambino qui y débuta à 19 ans. […]
Here are 46 #Positive #Environmental and #Climate headlines from December to help bring some positivity to this #NewYear. We have using leftover #Pineapple peels to help water retention in #Deserts, #India who installed over 45,000 #SolarWaterPumps in one month, #Reforestation in #Guinea and more.
https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-021/
Balla et ses Balladins
https://amf.didiermary.fr/syliphone-balla-balladins/
Si vous avez découvert Balla et ses Balladins via le sampling de Paulette par J. Cole en 2011, et que vous souhaitez en écouter plus de cet orchestre “monument de Guinée”, écoutez la compilation “Syliphone Years” (28 titres en tout, plus de 2h de musique). […]
Les Amazones d’Afrique – Queens Feat. Rokia Koné
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amazones-afrique-queens-rokia-kone/
Queens Feat. Rokia Koné is a song from Amazones Power, the second studio album by West-African female musical collective Les Amazones d’Afrique, on which familiar voices like Mamani Keïta and Rokia Koné appear alongside a younger generation of singers who represent the exciting new sound of modern Africa.
Mah Damba – Jarabi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mah-damba-jarabi-diva-mali/
“Jarabi”, sung by Mah Damba with Korafola Djeli Moussa Diawara, appears on the compilation “Divas from Mali,” released in 1997.
Just close your eyes…
Listen to the Diva and the Griot…
Connecting 4 continents through music…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djeli-moussa-diawara-salsa-cora/
One song, 4 continents connected…
A few years ago, I had an interesting exchange on ex-Twitter, after a radio DJ in Auckland, New Zealand, opened his show with a nice “old” song, associating it with the wrong artist…
A radio DJ in NYC who was listening to the replay was also wondering who could “really” […]
Kwi Bamba & l’Orchestre de Gama Berema
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kwi-bamba-orchestre-gama-berema/
First international release for a raw and heavy Guinean Jazz session from “Maestro” Kwi Bamba, leader of the 60s State-funded orchestra Nimba Jazz, the precursor to Bembeya Jazz National.
The album was recorded in the forested region of Northern Guinea near the border with Ivory Coast and covers a variety of styles from Guinea, mainly from […]
MvetKora – Sally Nyolo & Djeli Moussa Diawara
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mvetkora-sally-nyolo-djeli-moussa-diawara/
The album “Mvetkora” (2016) is an unexpected encounter between two traditional African instruments: the mvet played by the Cameroonian singer Sally Nyolo (ex-Zap Mama), and the electric kora plucked by the Guinean korafola Djeli Moussa Diawara.
Maciré Sylla – Tiama
https://amf.didiermary.fr/macire-sylla-tiama/
Maciré Sylla is a Guinean singer-songwriter and dancer, born in Conakry in 1970. With five albums released to date, she won the “best Guinean female singer of year 1998” award with her first LP “Mariama” with 200.000 cassettes sold in Guinea.
The song “Tiama” comes from her album “Talitha” in 2010.
Bembeya Jazz National – Wouloukoro
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bembeya-jazz-national-wouloukoro/
Ecoutez “Wouloukoro” par Bembeya Jazz National, l’un des plus célèbres groupes des années 60 en Guinée, toujours en activité.
Momo Wandel Soumah – Felenko Yéfé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/momo-wandel-soumah-felenko-yefe/
Momo Wandel Soumah (1926 – 2003), était un chanteur, compositeur et saxophoniste de Guinée, reconnaissable à sa voix rocailleuse caractéristique et son style de saxophone très personnel et inspiré.
Imaginez Louis Armstrong avec un saxophone en Guinée, Roi du Swing et de l’Improvisation.
“Le jazz est né chez vous, mais moi, je l’ai ramené chez […]
Tribute to Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tribute-almamy-samore-lafiya-toure/
Guinean band Bembeya Jazz National commemorated Samori Ture (Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure) in their 1969 release “Regard sur le passé.” The album draws upon Mandinka Djeli traditions and consists of two epic recordings recounting Ture’s anti-colonial resistance and nation-building. […]
Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté – Balake (1997)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sekou-bembeya-diabate-balake-1997/
Sékouba Diabaté aka Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté (born in 1944) is also known as “Dr Diabate” or “Diamond Fingers” and is part of Bembeya Jazz National in Guinea since its launch in 1961 (now as conductor since 2003).
Fodé Conté – Rio Pongo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fode-conte-rio-pongo/
Fodé Conté was one of Guinea’s most popular musicians. He performed with his own groups, plus with Les Ballets Africains and Ballet Djoliba. He did not always have good relations with the government of Sékou Touré and fled Guinea after being informed that he was going to be arrested.
Many of his songs were based […]
Amazones de Guinée !
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amazones-guinee/
Les Amazones de Guinée, enregistrées en concert à la Mutualité (Paris), en avril 1983, pour l’album “Au cœur de Paris” C’est un groupe musical dont les membres sont toutes des femmes soldats dans les forces armées de Guinée. Formé en 1961 sous le nom d’Orchestre féminin de la gendarmerie de Guinée, il a ensuite été […]
Music For A Revolution Vol 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-revolution-syliphone-vol-1-2/
Music For A Revolution: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label, a compilation in 2 volumes with Balla et ses Balladins, Bembeya Jazz National, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis & many more…
– Vol 1 – 1967-1973
– Vol 2 – 1968-1980
On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, [...]
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