This lady knows how to party………nice to see someone having a genuinely good time.
Fatoumata Diawara is a Malian musician currently living in France. She was born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents but moved to France to pursue an acting career. She has appeared in several French films ( Cheikh Oumar Cissoko's 1999 feature film La Genèse, Dani Kouyaté's 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python) She is also a regular performer in the street theatre troupe Royal Deluxe, and played a leading role in the musical, Kirikou et Karaba. She began composing her own material, writing songs that blend Wassalou traditions of Southern Mali with more westernl influences. She has performed and recorded with Oumou Sangaré, AfroCubism,Vieux Farka Touré, Dee Dee Bridgewater (on Red Earth: A Malian Journey),and the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. Her new CD was released May 9, 2011 and her debut album with World Circuit Records will be released in September 2011.
I do have a love of African music in general. Really enjoyed this. Her enthusiasm and smile are infectious.
ReplyDeletelovely music!
ReplyDeleteI must agree with Mitch 'Her enthusiasm and smile are infectious.'
ReplyDeleteoh! i am really liking this
ReplyDeletethanks for the intro
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I kinda knew you would be :-)
ReplyDeleteI kinda knew you would be
ReplyDeletelike i said ~ we are remarkably similar
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