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Kélétigui Diabaté

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Kélétigui Diabaté is really a master from the balafon, a xylophone-like device with rosewood keys suspended on the bamboo framework over gourd resonators. A creator of Development A, among Mali’s first rings, in the first ’60s, Diabaté continued to play using the Ambassadors and guitarist Salif Keita. Since 1993, Diabaté offers performed in Mali using the Symmetric Orchestra, a music group he stocks with kora participant Toumani Diabaté (no connection) and ngoni participant Bassekou Kouyate.

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Full Name Kélétigui Diabaté
Died November 30, 2012, Bamako, Mali
Music Songs Massakè, N’ba, Takamba, Barra, N’Teri, Fimani, N'tesse, Woulaba, Wari, Koulandian, Mankaïra, Soundjata, Summertime at Bamako, Djandjo, Sambakoro, Batoumambe, Nanga Mady, Kamadia, Sontaoula, Titati, Sandiya, Djarabi, Namania, Mali Ba, Nta Dima, Fôsson, Africa, Summertime @ Bamako, Yafa, Souma, Toumaro, Roma
Albums Sandiya

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