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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