Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Mamady Keïta

Frank Bessem's
Musiques d'Afrique:

Mamady Keïta
(Guinée)

Musiques d'Afrique
Musiques de Guinée

Mamady Keita started playing percussion on his mother's kitchen pans, before he could even walk. As everyone in his village recognised his talent, his mother allowed him to learn to be a djembefola. At age of seven, he appeared in a movie with Harry Belafonte, Africa Dance. In 1964, he was admitted to the National Ballet Djoliba, where he became artistic director in 1979. Seven years later, he travelled to Belgium, where he still lives, giving percussion lessons, and recording with his group Sewa Kan. He is generally seen as one of the best djembefola world-wide.

More info on Mamady Keita on his homepage.

Born: 1950, in Balandougou, Wassolon region, North Guinea.
Style: Percussion (Djembe).

Discography:

Title	Year	Label	Remarks
Live @ Couleur Café	2005	Zig Zag World / Fenix Music FZCD001	With Sewa Kan. Also available as DVD (Fenix FZDV001)
Sila Laka	2004	Fonti Musicali fmd 228
Djembe Master	2004	Follow Me Records FM120CD	Compilation
A Giate	2002	Fonti Musicali fmd 224
Mamady Lèè	2001	Fonti Musicali fmd 221
Balandugu Kan	2000	Fonti Musicali fmd 218	2CD
Afö	1998	Fonti Musicali fmd 215	With Sewa Kan
Hamanah	1996	Fonti Musicali fmd 211	Special guest: Famoudou Kouyaté
Mögöbalu	1995	Fonti Musicali fmd 205	2CD
Nankama	1992	Fonti Musicali fmd 195
Percussions malinké - Wassolon	1989	Fonti Musicali fmd 159	With Sewa Kan