Sidiki Diabaté is a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

an kora player, musician and music producer born in 1992 in

Bamako, Mali Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...

. He is the son of renowned kora player

Toumani Diabaté Toumani Diabaté ( ; born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he has also been involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. ...

and grandson of Sidiki Diabaté. Diabaté belongs to the 77th generation of musicians in a long family tradition of

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s, his family being primarily kora players. His grandfather Sidiki Diabaté recorded the first ever kora album in 1970. His father's cousin

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is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family. His uncle Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a prominent kora player. Sidiki Diabaté was arrested on September 24, 2020, on the count of assault on an ex-girlfriend.

Discography

* 2014 : ''Toumani & Sidiki'', with his father

* 2016 : '' Diabateba Music, Vol. 1 '' * 2017 : ''Lamomali'', with -M- * 2019 : ''Béni''

References

1992 births Malian Kora players Living people 21st-century Malian people Bambara-language singers Griots Malian musicians People from Bamako {{Africa-musician-stub