The Malian singer Amadou Bagayokofifty percent of the duo Amadou & Mariamhe has died in his hometown of Bamako At the age of seventy.
Born in 1954, Bagayoko He lost his vision at an early age due to a congenital cataract and began studying at the Institute for the Blind Youth of Maliit was there that he met Doumbiahis future wife and bandmate, who also lost his eyes at five years. The couple joined for their love shared by music while they acted in the Eclipse Orchestra of the Institute.
Amadou Bagayoko and his wife Mariam Doumbia they became international renowned artists under the name of Amadou & Mariamcombining Traditional African instruments with more rock, pop and Western inspiration blues. In our country they have been seen in concert on several occasions.
On the other hand, throughout of their musical career they have collaborated with countless artists such as Stevie Wonder and U2also recording collaborations with Manu Chao, Scissor Sisters, Santigold, Ebony Bones, Amp Fiddler and TV ON THE RADIOamong many others. Bagayoko and Doumbia have signed throughout their career albums as “Dimanche à bamako” (05), a rupture disc and its most successful album in numerous countries.
Other your jobs are “Sou ni tile” (98), “TJE NI MOUSSO” (00), “Wati” (02), “WELCOME TO MALI” (08), “Folila” (12), “The confusion” (17), “Eclipse” (22) – published in English and French – and “La Vie Est Belle” (24), your last work. Among the eighties and mid -nineties, five works were also simply titled “Vol. 1” to “Vol. 5”that collected their first songs.
