Yacouba Kante – Le Messenger Du Manding

August 26, 2008

00s, West Africa

The marriage of electronic sounds and the griot tradition. Le Messenger Du Manding aka Yacouba Kante, a griot from Guinea, has made my morning.

Side A
Sadjou
Mamou Cissi
Beye Ekoumankey
Haidara

Side B
Djandjo (Manding N’Domba)
Djedeta Mangni
Salimana Diaby
Blaky

4 Comments

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marvin gardensreply

August 26, 2008 at 9:20 pm

there is no god but Charles A. Chepkwony, and thursdayborn is his prophet.

Your website has taken over my life

Anonymousreply

August 27, 2008 at 10:13 am

that thing is BANGING.
thx thursdayborn, you are the man

uncut rap videosreply

November 5, 2008 at 10:17 pm

Just really enjoying this blog….

sybarreply

May 12, 2009 at 3:34 pm

Very nice.
Do you have any Somali music?