"Born in a famous family of 'griots' - West African musicians and storytellers - he had been nicknamed 'the electronic griot,' and was known as a distinguished player of kora - a West African harp."
#MoryKante
1950-2020
Born on this day
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
... which incl. the #BhunduBoys, #OfraHaza, #MoryKante, #Annabouboula & quite a few more from the times in the mid to late 80s, when so-called " #world #music" was still a thing to #listen to with eager ears... ;-) i really enjoyed it - once again... after all those years... :-)
#MoryKante 🖤
#YéKéYéKé (1985)
I ❤️ 80's
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, ah, ah
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, ah, ah
I madji I ma yélé I kanan n'bila nara ro
N'bo n'bolo bila Kanfalani yana sara le ila
👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsV...
Ne Müslüm ne Ferdi,
Kimse bilmez bu derdi..
Sen söyle Mory Kante,
Nereden sevdim o zâlimi.. 😃😁
#BandırmaVapuru
#MustafaKemalAtatürk
#GündemÖzgürlük #MoryKante
"His best known song, Yéké Yéké... became the first African single to sell over a million copies - as well as being the first international dance floor hit to feature the kora, the ancient west African harp."
#MoryKante
(1950-2020)
Born on this day
www.theguardian.com/music/2020/m...
#MoryKante 🖤
#YéKéYéKé (1985)
I ❤️ 80's
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, ah, ah
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, ah, ah
I madji I ma yélé
I kanan n'bila nara ro
N'bo n'bolo bila
Kanfalani yana sara le ila
👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsV...
“Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, ah, ah
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, ah, ah
I madji I ma yélé
I kanan n'bila nara ro
N'bo n'bolo bila
Kanfalani yana sara le ila
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké”
Jungle Warrior (1990)
#ZXSpectrum
#Africa
#MoryKante
#Gaming
#RetroGamer
#YekeYeke
