Sorombaya fode kouyate biography
Sorombaya fode kouyate biography
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Djeli Fodé Kouyaté
(Guinea)
Djeli Fodé Kouyaté is a nephew of Mory Kanté. Son of Mama Kanté and Djelyden Kabinet Kouyaté, he is born a griot.
He is not to be confused with singer and kora player, the late Fodé Kouyaté from Mali.
Le djeli de Kissifaramaya, as he is called, is known for his songs addressing popular issues of Guinean life.
Apart from music, he has been active defending the cause of the refugee camps in the South-East of Guinea, where 100,000s refugees from neighbouring Sierra Leone lived under precarious conditions.
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His conscience awakening lyrics and constant production of albums lead to his nomination of honorary ambassador of Afrique-Aide-Afrique by the Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade.
In Guinea, he is seen as one of the biggest contemporary singers.
Until now, he was hardly known outside of Guinea, but this changed soon. For example, he was one o