Ali Farka Toure – Biography
Source: http://www.africansuccess.org Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré (October 31, 1939 in Timbuktu, Mali – March 6, 2006 in Bamako, Mali) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African...
View ArticleFela Kuti – Biography
Source: http://www.biography.com Civil Rights Activist, Pianist, Drummer, Songwriter (1938–1997) “If you see me strictly as a musician it’s okay. I don’t want to say that it is wrong to see me that...
View ArticleSalif Keita – Biography
Source : http://africanmusic.org Salif Keita, born in 1949 in Djoliba, is sometimes called the Golden Voice of Africa. He is a direct descendent of Sundiata Keita, the Mandinka warrior king who founded...
View ArticleCesaria Evora – Biography
Source : http://worldmusic.about.com Cesaria Evora was born in 1941 in Mindelo, Cape Verde. The Cape Verde Islands are an extremely impoverished archipelago off the coast of Senegal. They are inhabited...
View ArticleYoussou n’Dour – Biography
Source : http://africanmusic.org/ Youssou n’Dour was born in Dakar in 1959 and began singing as a child performer at neighborhood gatherings in the tough Medina section of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa....
View ArticleAngélique Kidjo – Biography
Source : http://worldmusic.about.com Angelique Kidjo was born in Ouidah, Benin on July 14, 1960. Her mother was a performer in a dance and theatre ensemble and her father was a banjo player. These...
View ArticleIsmaël Lô – Biography
Source: Wikipedia.org Ismaël Lô (also Ismaël Lo) is a Senegalese musician and actor. He was born in Dogondoutchi, Niger on 30 August 1956, to a Senegalese father and a Nigerien mother. Shortly after...
View ArticleKhadja Nin – Biography
Source: Wikipedia.org Khadja Nin was born in Burundi, the youngest of a family of eight. Her father was a diplomat. She studied music at an early age like most of her brothers and sisters. With her...
View ArticleBheki Mseleku – Artist Biography
Source: MySpace.com Bheki Mseleku fused elements of traditional African township music, American bebop, and his own devout, far-reaching spirituality to emerge as the premier South African jazz pianist...
View ArticleLerato Motaung – Artist Biography
Artist biography My name is Lerato Motaung and i was born in Katlehong, Johannesburg, in 1991 and raised in Lekgalong, Rustenburg. I went to a public school where by art was not part of my school...
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