Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists … Read Full Bio ↴Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa.
Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, east of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by members of his family. The Tounkaras are Griots, musicians and historians by birth. Djelimady played djembe drum and xalam, a banjo-like lute, as a boy. When he moved to Mali's capital, Bamako, during the 1960s, he had actually planned to work as a tailor. But music proved a stronger calling. He started playing guitar in a large, government-sponsored neighborhood band, Orchestre Misira. Voted the best guitarist in the band, Djelimady was selected to join the Orchestre National as rhythm guitarist, a great honor for the young player.
All his adult life, Djelimady has worked to transform his ancestral traditions into dance pop. But at the same time, he has continued to work in more traditional contexts, backing the great griot singers of Mali on records, in concerts and at the day-long wedding and baptism celebrations that are the modern griot's life blood. In recent years, Djelimady has performed in an acoustic trio called Bajourou, accompanied by another masterful griot guitarist, Bouba Sacko, and by singer Lafia Diabate, a veteran of the Rail Band.
Recently he has won the BBC 3 music award in [1] World Music - "Africa" category for his album titled Sigui.
Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, east of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by members of his family. The Tounkaras are Griots, musicians and historians by birth. Djelimady played djembe drum and xalam, a banjo-like lute, as a boy. When he moved to Mali's capital, Bamako, during the 1960s, he had actually planned to work as a tailor. But music proved a stronger calling. He started playing guitar in a large, government-sponsored neighborhood band, Orchestre Misira. Voted the best guitarist in the band, Djelimady was selected to join the Orchestre National as rhythm guitarist, a great honor for the young player.
All his adult life, Djelimady has worked to transform his ancestral traditions into dance pop. But at the same time, he has continued to work in more traditional contexts, backing the great griot singers of Mali on records, in concerts and at the day-long wedding and baptism celebrations that are the modern griot's life blood. In recent years, Djelimady has performed in an acoustic trio called Bajourou, accompanied by another masterful griot guitarist, Bouba Sacko, and by singer Lafia Diabate, a veteran of the Rail Band.
Recently he has won the BBC 3 music award in [1] World Music - "Africa" category for his album titled Sigui.
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Nita Bittman
So beautiful! Im blessed to have found this
Lion King
DJALIMANSA Djelimady Tounkara topped the Mande charts with this masterpiece. Aha the marvelous Mande people, the heartbeat of Afrika. If only the olden mandin kings and emperors could listen to their heritage.
Greetings to Mande 🙏🏿.
CK ADRIL
under rated a gem
O fenomeno nove
I've been coming to YouTube for years trying to find this till finally. I'm so happy :))))))
O fenomeno nove
can someone please translate? I'd love you to death whoever does lol
richard monroche-cabon
Malian musique the best le meilleur
let let
🌈ouiii