Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Ko-yan
- Soro
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Mali
- Active from
- 1949-08-25
africanafro-beatjùjúmandeworld
Discography
- Mandjou1978
- Dans L'Authenticité Vol.21979
- Seydou Bathily1981
- Soro1987
- Ko-Yan1989
- Amen1991
- “Folon”… The Past1995
- Sosie1996
- Les Ambassadeurs Internationales1998
- Papa1999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,078
- Total plays
- 50,137
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Salif Keitasinger-songwritermaliworldafrican
Salif Keïta (b. 25 Aug 1949), is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Djoliba, Mali. He has a reputation as the 'Golden Voice of Africa', he is also an albino & a descendant of the Mali Empire's founder, Sundiata Keita. He was outcast by his family & ostracized by the community, because he was an albino - a sign of bad luck in Mandinka culture. In 1967, he left Djoliba for Bamako, where he joined the government sponsored Super Rail Band de Bamako (aka Super Rail Band).
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mali
- Place of birth
- Bamako
- Place of death
- Bamako
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 1972 African Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Jacksonville Tea Men
- Position played
- forward
- Image
- Salif Keita.jpg
- Height
- 1.76
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- Commons category
- Salif Keita (1946)
- date of birth
- 1946-12-08
- date of death
- 2023-09-02
- different from
- Salif Keita
- name in native language
- Salif Keïta
- birth name
- Salif Keita
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