Fanta Damba

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Fanta Damba
Born	1938 (age 75–76) Ségou, Mali
Occupations	Singer, griot
Years active	1950s-1985

Fanta Damba (born in 1938 in Ségou) is a Malian jalimuso (Bambara female Griot-singer) known to her fans as La Grande Vedette Malienne. She began singing as a child, growing up in a family of musicians. She began recording in her early twenties with Radio Mali. In 1975, she became the first jalimuso to tour Europe solo. She retired from as a performer in 1985.^[1]

Discography

Première anthologie de la Musique malienne, volume 6. La tradition épique (1971), Bärenreiter-Musicaphon - LP
La grande vedette malienne (1975), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
Hamet (1975), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
Ousmane Camara (1975), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
Sékou Semega (1977), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
Bahamadou Simogo (1980), Celluloid - LP
Fanta Damba (1981), Sonodisc - LP
Fanta Damba (1982), Sako Production - LP
Fanta Damba (1983), Sako Production - LP
Fanta Damba (1985), Disques Esperance - LP
Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 1 (2002), Bolibana - CD
Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 2 (2002), Bolibana - CD
Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 3 (2002), Bolibana - CD

References

↑ Huey, Steve. "Biography: Fanta Damba". AMG. Retrieved 9 May 2010.

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Persondata
Name	Damba, Fanta
Alternative names
Short description	Malian musicians
Date of birth	1938
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