Fatoumata Diawara

mali griot traditionwest african folk-fusionworld music crossover

Fatoumata Diawara (born 1982) is a Malian musician currently living in France. Born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting, appearing in Cheikh Oumar Cissoko's 1999 feature film La Genèse, Dani Kouyaté's popular 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python, in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal Deluxe, and played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba. She later took up the guitar and began composing her own material

Influenced by: Ali Farka Touré, Oumou Sangaré, Rokia Traoré

Active:
2000s-present
Scene:
Mali/West Africa, based in France
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