Nabintou diakite biography

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  • Ramata "Rah" Diakité was a Malian Wassoulou musician.
  • Nabintou Diakite is a talented musician and performer known for her captivating performances and unique style.

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    Oumou Sangare

    From the heart of the African continent, Mali’s regal six-foot proto-feminist Oumou Sangare unabashedly propels the past into the future by performing authentic music from her Peul/Wassoulou heritage. The strategy? Sangare spares no concert from lyrics that pour a subversive pedagogy into the unworldly ears of young women. Ever since her debut recording, Moussolou —“Women" (World Circuit/Rounder Records), Sangare has been singing songs of revolt against the abuses euphemistically referred to as customs: arranged marriages (the translation of Ko Sira , Sangare’s second CD), servitude as a wife, womanizing, polygamy, and the sale of brides for “ten kola nuts,” known as Worotan , the title of her new release.

    In concert, against the backdrop of a band wearing ochre bogolan (mud dyed) garments, Sangare is festooned in handcrafted clay, ebony and beaded necklaces. She wears yards of shimmering damasks over pants scalloped and embroidered at the hem. Ululations trilling, the vocalist issues advisories about the dangers of anger, macho big shots, the suffering of the poor, and the irresponsibility of abandoning the land—the labor it demands—or even one’s country. In full throated blues style, Sangare improvises transitions between songs. They come out as gre

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    Diakite, Nabintou

    Ajuntament de Torroella de Montgrí

    Estartit

    Patronat Turisme

    Cultura i identitat

    SteinWay&Sons

    Jorquera Pianos

    Baton Nàutic Estartit

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    Gisela Graham

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    Ramata Diakité

    Malian musician

    For the Malian basketball player, see Ramata Diakité (basketball).

    Ramata "Rah" Diakité (Madina Diansa, Wassoulou, 1976 - Burkina Faso October 30, 2009) was a Malian Wassoulou musician.[1] She was the cousin of Tata Diakité, who also died young.[2]

    Life and origins

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    Ramata was born in 1976. Although Ramata did not come from a family of traditional musicians, when she was about twelve, Ramata started humming to herself in secret, accompanying herself on a gourd. In Wassoulou (and other areas of Mali), music is usually created by those of a certain caste (jeli/griot), and it can be controversial for artists outside of these castes to perform. Salif Keita is likely the most prominent example of a non-musical-caste performer to confront and conquer adversity relating to these cultural restrictions.

    Ramata's aunt, Djénéba Diakité, asked her to sing backing vocals on a cassette, which was the start of her musical career, even though Ramata's parents frowned on the idea. As a backing vocalist, Ramata's vocal potential was quickly spotted, and she gained concert experience thanks to trips to France and throughout Africa.

    She was soon called upon as a vocalist by many artists and arrangers, notably Samba Diallo, Yor