Ramata Diakite
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Ramata Diakite grew up in one of Africa’s richest musical environments, the Wassoulou region of southern Mali. Renowned for its ancient spiritual traditions, magic, and hunters’ lore, Wassoulou has also produced the bluesiest, funkiest traditional pop music in modern Mali. Ramata broke onto the scene in the wake of singer Oumou Sangare’s spectacular rise in the early 90s. Oumou’s bold fusion of roots and pop, and her willingness to sing honestly about the challenges facing African women marked a generation. In her own time, Ramata set out to go further, edging towards hip-hop on her first international album, and going on to create music unlike anything heard before in Mali or elsewhere. A soulful, standout singer in a nation of standout singers, Ramata is now poised to share her path-breaking music with a worldwide audience.
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Hannibal-nl wrote:
She recently died at age 35 :-(
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akzincke wrote:
indeed
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d00shan wrote:
nice ;)
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faolanjones and Amintou added Ramata Diakite to their libraries. Friday morning
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peacenik13 tagged Ramata Diakite with africa and african. November 2009
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Creativeuphoria tagged Ramata Diakite with mali, world, africa and 2 other tags. September 2009
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erichludwig tagged Ramata Diakite with african, mali, malian and one other tag. September 2008
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