Sory skandia kouyate biography of mahatma gandhi
Biography of mahatma gandhi death...
African musical great you've never heard of
Sory Kandia Kouyate, the legendary West African jali (praise singer) and bandleader died suddenly in , just a few years before African popular music took off internationally.
Sory skandia kouyate biography of mahatma gandhi
He was just years-old, and sadly, he's hardly mentioned these days but had he continued his pioneering career, I'm sure he would have been as famous as his compatriot Mory Kante, or other internationally renowned West African singers like Mali's Salif Keita and Senegal's Youssou N'dour.
Kouyate was born into a family of traditional jalis and storytellers in pre-independence Guinea, where his family and ancestors performed in Mande royal courts.
When the country gained independence in , he was a rising new singing star (and a master of the ngoni, a type of lute), and as the album liner notes say, "in the right place at the right time". His abilities were noted by President Sekou Toure, who saw the young man as a musical and cultural ambassador for the new Guinea.
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