Guinean
Demographics of Guinea describes the condition and overview of Guinea's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations.
Population
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singer-songwriter and dancer. She was born in
Conakry
Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973.
The current population of C ...
but raised in Tayiré, a village to the north of Conakry.
Sylla sings mainly in
Soussou
The Susu or Soussou people are a Mande-speaking ethnic group living primarily in Guinea and northwestern Sierra Leone, particularly in Kambia District.Mandingo,
Afropop
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop) can be defined as any African music, regardless of genre, that uses Western pop musical instruments, such as the guitar, piano, trumpet, etc.Olabode, O. (2023, J ...
, and
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...
music. She has released five albums to date. She sold 200,000 copies of her first LP "Mariama" in Guinea, which made her the "best Guinean female singer of year 1998." Her song "Perenperen" from the album "Massa" was included in the 2008 compilation album "African Party" from New Orleans label
Putumayo World Music
Putumayo World Music is a New Orleans-based record label that specializes in compilations of world music, jazz and blues.
History
Dan Storper founded Putumayo in 1975 as a retail store in New York City featuring handicrafts from around the wor ...