Loading details…
Artist
Ramatou Diakité
12+ albums
malifolkwassoulou
about
From the liner notes for Putumayo Records' Mali: "Raised in a family of farmers, Diakité started humming to herself in secret when she was about 12, accompanying herself on a dried gourd used as percussion. Her trademark music style is wassoulou, named after the remote region in southern Mali where it originates. Her aunt, Djénéba Diakité, is a well-known performer and she encouraged her niece, inviting her to sing backup vocals on one of her cassettes. It was the beginning of a musical career, even though the young girl's family disapproved of the idea. "[. . . .] As a member of the group Kulanjan, Ramatou joined famed kora player Toumani Diabaté and blues legend Taj Mahal on the Africa Fete tour of America in 1999." User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.