Mariama Jalloh, born in 1986 in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

, is a singer–songwriter who lives in Paris, France.

Life

Mariama Jalloh was born in

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...

, Sierra Leone. At the age of one she moved with her family to Germany,

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, the home of her mother. At sixteen, she began to write her own songs accompanied with her acoustic guitar. Two years later, she gained her first stage experience by performing in a musical.

Music career

Her first important career steps were centered on the projects of Adé Bantu:

Brothers Keepers Brothers Keepers is a German-based transnational anti-racism project, bringing together hip hop, reggae and soul musicians, headed primarily by Afro-Germans. Their debut single, "Adriano-Letzte Warnung", was written in response to the murder of ...

, Afrobeat Academy and Afropean Express. Starting in 2008, she worked with the rapper Curse, thereby taking part in the project "Diversidad European Urban Experience". A year later she supported

Max Herre Maximilian Herre (born 22 April 1973) is a German rapper, singer-songwriter and music producer who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis. He is also A&R for the record label Nesola, a joint venture with his wife Joy Denalane, amon ...

on his tour for the album "Ein Geschenkter Tag". In the same year she embarked on her solo career, releasing her first EP, ''Listen To Mariama''. Mariama was chosen from over 300 bands as one of the nine talents who were supported by the

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Sound Foundation in 2009. In 2010 she signed with the French label Cinq7 / Wagram Music and started working on her first album, ''The Easy Way Out''. The debut was finally recorded at RAK Studios, London, where she worked with the production team

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, which had already produced Ziggy Marley and

Finley Quaye Finley Quaye (born 25 March 1974, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish musician. He won the 1997 MOBO Award for best reggae act, and the 1998 BRIT Award for Best Male Solo Artist. Life Finley Quaye is the son of vaudeville pianist Cab Kaye and t ...

, among other artists.

' NRW Kultursekreteriat Wuppertal, article 06/2014

Discography

EP

* ''Still Waiting/Fall in Love'' (2008) * ''Listen to Mariama'' (2009) * ''No Way'' (2013) * ''Moments Like These'' (2015)

LP

* ''Easy Way Out'' (2012) * ''Love, Sweat and Tears'' (2019)

External links

Official homepage
* https://www.facebook.com/mariama.spacebook * https://soundcloud.com/mariama-music * http://mariama-music.tumblr.com/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jalloh, Mariama Living people German women singers German soul singers German singer-songwriters English-language singers from Germany German people of Sierra Leonean descent 1986 births People from Freetown