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Malian musician

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Mali
Active from
1966

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Listeners
40,632
Total plays
265,082

Tags

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Main Last FM page = Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Bassekou Kouyaté (born in 1966 in Garana) is a musician from Mali. His band is known as Ngoni ba. He was born in Garana, Barouéli Cercle, 60 kilometres from Ségou in 1966. At the age of 12, he started playing the Ngoni. In the late 80's he moved to the capital Bamako. Kouyaté's debut album Segu Blue was released internationally in 2007 by Out Here Records and distributed in the U.K. by Proper Music Distribution. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Mali
Place of birth
Mali
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Bambara
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.bassekoukouyate.com
Image
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Bassekou Kouyate
date of birth
1966-01-01
social media followers
2314
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