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      • At the age of five he started to play a seven-stringed kora, a gift from a friend of his father, and attended a Franco-Arab school: “All my brothers went to the same school. And my children go there too. My school had a music ensemble, and we sang songs in Arabic.” In 1978 he joined the Koulikoro regional ensemble.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Toumani_DiabatéToumani Diabaté - Wikipedia

    Diabaté was born on 10 August 1965 [6] in Bamako, the capital of Mali, five years after the country had gained its independence from France. [5] He came from a long family tradition of players of the kora, a 21-string west African harp-like instrument.

  4. theconversation.com › toumani-diabate-the-famedToumani Diabaté: the famed musician from Mali who took the ...

    Jul 25, 2024 · By the time Toumani passed, his father Sidiki Diabaté Sr had been known as “the king of the kora” and Toumani himself was world famous, representing the same mastery of the kora as his...

  5. theconversation.com › malis-kora-star-toumaniMali’s kora star Toumani Diabaté – a personal reflection by ...

    Aug 6, 2024 · Meeting Toumani Diabaté. In 1976 I travelled from London to Gambia to study with kora player Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, the great-uncle of Toumani Diabaté. I first went with him to visit Toumani...

  6. www.npr.org › music-toumani-diabate-mali-koraToumani Diabaté loved the kora's 21 strings. The world fell ...

    Jul 29, 2024 · Musician Toumani Diabaté of Mali and his 21-string kora, photographed at WOMAD -- the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival held yearly in the United Kingdom. Diabaté died on July 19 at age...

  7. mg.co.za › thought-leader › 2024/08/06-toumaniToumani Diabaté: The king of the kora has played his last song

    Aug 6, 2024 · Diabaté started playing the kora at age five, under his father’s tutelage, and as a teenager was part of a musical group in Koulikoro on the banks of the River Niger. At 13, he took part in the...

  8. www.thecurrent.org › feature › 2024/07/29Toumani Diabaté plucked the kora's 21 strings. The world fell ...

    Jul 29, 2024 · Musician Toumani Diabaté of Mali and his 21-string kora, photographed at WOMAD -- the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival held yearly in the United Kingdom. Diabaté died on July 19 at age 58.

  9. eprints.soas.ac.uk › 15829 › 1Toumani Diabaté The kora: tales of a frontier instrument - SOAS

    Toumani’s debut album, Kaira - the first solo recording of the kora - was released in 1988 when he was only 21 years old. On it he showcased, with astonishing virtuosity, some of the classics of the kora repertoire, and put the instrument firmly on the map.