Sidiki Diabaté (Q112145781)
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Gambian-born Malian musician (c. 1922–1996)
- Sidiki Diabaté Sr.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Sidiki Diabaté |
Gambian-born Malian musician (c. 1922–1996) |
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Sexe : Masculin
25 May 2022
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1922
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Biographical data: 1922-1996 (other year of birth 1923)
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Toumani Diabaté – The kora: tales of a frontier instrument (English)
31 May 2022
"Toumani’s father Sidiki, son of Bala, was born in c. 1922 in Bansang, a river town in eastern Gambia (where incidentally he also died, whilst visiting family there in the summer of 1996)."
29 September 1996
73 years old
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1996
Sidiki Diabate (English)
"Sidiki Diabate, the Malian musician (jeli) died last September 29. ... Although c. 73 years old, he was in remarkably good health ... he died during a visit to his native home, Bansang, The Gambia, but his body was flown back to Mali ... Sidiki was given a state burial at Bamako on October 5th."
6
31 May 2022
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Toumani Diabaté – The kora: tales of a frontier instrument (English)
31 May 2022
"Toumani’s father Sidiki, son of Bala, was born in c. 1922 in Bansang, a river town in eastern Gambia (where incidentally he also died, whilst visiting family there in the summer of 1996)."
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Ngaraya: Women and Musical Mastery in Mali (English)
70
3
"... it was sung at the state funeral of Sidiki Diabate in Bamako in October 1996."
592
30 May 2022
1996
Sidiki Diabate (English)
"Sidiki Diabate, the Malian musician (jeli) died last September 29. ... Although c. 73 years old, he was in remarkably good health ... he died during a visit to his native home, Bansang, The Gambia, but his body was flown back to Mali ... Sidiki was given a state burial at Bamako on October 5th."
6
31 May 2022
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Bala Diabaté
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Ngaraya: Women and Musical Mastery in Mali (English)
70
3
"His father, Bala Diabate, who was the first to take up the kora in the family, apparently only knew one or two kora pieces, and played them in a very simple fashion."
573–574
30 May 2022
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August 2011
Music Production as a Tool of Research, and Impact (English)
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"Two of the four kora players on that LP were well known to me, the veterans Sidiki Diabaté (father of Toumani) and Djelimady Sissoko (father of another brilliant young virtuoso, Ballake Sissoko)."
247
30 May 2022
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16 May 2015
'The kora is my entire life' (English)
Mahalakshmi P
31 May 2022
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Amadu Bansang Jobarteh (Gambian kora) playing "Alla L'a Ke" and narrating and singing a full version of the story (40 minutes). He was one of the most respected jalis in the region (uncle to Sidiki Diabate and grand uncle to Toumani Diabate), and is regarded as an authority on this piece, one of the most important in the repertory.
30 May 2022
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Ngaraya: Women and Musical Mastery in Mali (English)
70
3
"Sidiki Diabate was born in Gambia and often spoke in Gambian Mandinka."
580
30 May 2022
1940s
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"Toumani’s father, old Sidiki, arrived in Mali in the late 1940s, he had been brought up in Gambia. He spoke Mandinka; he did not speak Bambara. And right up until his death, when Sidiki did speak Bambara, he spoke it with a strong Mandinka accent."
19 May 2016
Lucy Durán: On Griots, Faith and the Future in Mali (English)
31 May 2022
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Diabaté was a founder and member of the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and is considered Mali's greatest kora player.
25 May 2022
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Diabaté was a founder and member of the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and is considered Mali's greatest kora player.
25 May 2022
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Kora player and singer from Mali
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"In this way, former Kayiratòn jeliw Batourou Sékou Kouyaté, Sidiki Diabaté, and Nfa Diabaté played an important role in establishing the EIN in 1960."
64
Artistiya: Popular music and personhood in postcolonial Bamako, Mali (English)
Ryan Skinner
2009
31 May 2022
Identifiers
Sidiki Diabaté
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27 May 2022
Sitelinks
Wikipedia(1 entry)
- frwiki Sidiki Diabaté (1922-1996)