Rokia Traoré

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

ML

Active from

1974-01-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

150,135

Total plays

1,463,484

Rokia Traoré (born 24th January 1974) is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Traoré was born in Kolokani, Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group. As her father was a diplomat, she travelled widely in her youth travelling to Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium. As a result of this travel, she was exposed to a wide variety of influences. The Bambara also had a tradition of griot performing at weddings although members of the nobility such as Traoré are discoura

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

Works

1

Cited by

21

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

   · 2022 · cited 1,319x

2. Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea

   · 2014 · cited 1,077x

3. Scaling law for excitons in 2D perovskite quantum wells

   · 2018 · cited 753x

4. Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial

   · 2002 · cited 615x

5. New Type of 2D Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space, (C(NH₂)₃)(CH₃NH₃)_<i>n</i>Pb_<i>n</i>I_3<i>n</i>+1: Structure, Properties, and Photovoltaic Performance

   · 2017 · cited 495x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan

b. 1974

Nationality

ML, FR

Role / Field

Singers, Percussionists, Guitarists, Composers

Language

man, fre, fra

Gender

Female

Recorded by 18 libraries

Music

Quotes

• “Absolutely. But, there is still a lot to do. Yes, music in Mali is going to -- I don't know -- if we don't find solutions, that doesn't mean having big budgets to make things in Mali. No. I think it's also sociological, to understand how the audience wants music to be, and how they want to get music”
• “It was very hard. I was in a bad psychological state because I was separated from my children, but at the same time it was a kind of privilege because I was learning things it’s not possible to learn without being in that situation. Everything is much more intense. Sharing a small space with someone – in a week you know more about them than their mother. You know everything: when she is happy, when she cries, when she goes to the toilet, when she has a shower. You see everything.”
• “It was difficult for me not knowing when it would all be over and I could be with my children again.”

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Traoré

Gender

female

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Kolokani

Occupation

composer

Languages spoken

French

Native language

Bambara

Field of work

music composing

Genre

music of Africa

Instrument

voice

Official website

www.rokiatraore.net

Image

Rokia Traoré - Festival du Bout du Monde 2013 - 012.jpg

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