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Sourakata Koite

Biography

Koite learned to try out kora and balafon seeing that a kid, having been given birth to right into a griot family members. He played in a variety of hotel and membership rings in Dakar, north France, and Paris beginning in 1975. His Paris gig produced him a favorite attraction for the Western european festival circuit within the 1980s.

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Music Songs Seremende, Jahka, Aketedi, Kaya Monama, Kala Jula, Yal Seete, Yarr, Kala, Kora, Kai¨ra, Baweleng, Titi, Suwari Sey, Suto tala, Sidat hydara, Momodou Bitique, Tara, Edhioula diekere, Lamin bangna, Kano, Dioula, Senegambia, Tamala, Djonol, Hadjiatu Mari n'Djaye, Jarr Benteng, N'Na, N'Kanouté, Moussa, Kuli Dima, Ha-Madi

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