Mamadou Diabate

Mamadou Diabate with his concert balafon

Mamadou Diabate (born December 31, 1973 in Torosso, Houet Province , Burkina Faso ) is a Burkinabe musician and composer . His main instrument is the balafon (a West African xylophone ).

Life

Mamadou Diabate comes from a traditional Sambla family of musicians in Burkina Faso (West Africa). At the age of five he received music lessons from his father Penegue Diabate, who was known as a balafon player far beyond the borders of Sambla culture. At the age of eight he began his training with well-known balafonists from neighboring peoples such as B. Daouda Diabate († 2018).

He has lived in Vienna since 2000 . He is the founder and leader of the group "Percussion Mania", which has existed since 2006. He is also the founder and chairman of the non-profit organization Sababu , which has been running an elementary school in Sababu in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) since 2010. Since 2016 he has been involved in a linguistic project by Laura McPherson at Dartmouth College ( USA ).

He has appeared at well-known festivals around the world such as the Rudolstadt Festival , the Salzburg Festival , WOMAD , Glatt & Verkehrt Festival and Africa Festival . He also released numerous albums.

Prizes and awards

1988: First prize at the National Culture Week (SNC) in Burkina Faso in his father's group
1998: First prize at the National Culture Week (SNC) in Burkina Faso with his group Landaya
2011: Winner of the “Austrian World Music Award” with his group Percussion Mania
2012: Winner of the “Grand Prix” with his group Percussion Mania and “Prix de la Virtuosite” for his balafon playing at the “Triangle du Balafon” festival in Mali
2016: Knight of the National Order of Burkina Faso (2016)
2019 Best international musician from Burkina Faso (CANA / Ouagadougou)

Discography

Albums

2001: Sababu Man Dogo
2002: Keneya (new edition 2019)
2003: Sira Fila
2005: Folikelaw
2008: Kamalenya
2009: Sambla Fadenya: The Art of Sadama Diabate
2009: Tusia Fadenya: The Art of Daouda Diabate
2010: Yala
2010: Fenba (new edition 2019)
2011: Kanuya
2012: Mutua
2014: Masaba Kan
2015: Barokan
2016: Douba Foli: Noir et Blanc
2019: Nakan

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Mamadou Diabate's Percussion Mania. In: www.mamadoudiabate.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
↑ Who is Sababu? In: www.sababu.info. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
^ Laura McPherson: Musical surrogate languages in the documentation of complex tone: the case of the Sambla balafon. June 18, 2018, accessed on July 16, 2019 .
↑ Austrian World Music Awards winner. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
↑ Dieudonné LANKOANDE: Festival "Triangle du Balafon" Le Burkina Faso remporte le "balafon d'or". February 13, 2012, accessed July 16, 2019 (French).
↑ Simon YAMEOGO: by Juste en passant. “Ambassade du Burkina Faso à Vienne: Remise de distinctions honorifiques et célébration en différé de la Journée internationale de la Femme”. April 13, 2017, accessed on July 16, 2019 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Diabate, Mamadou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Burkinabe musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Torosso, Houet Province , Burkina Faso

[1] Mamadou Diabate's Percussion Mania. In: www.mamadoudiabate.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .

[2] Who is Sababu? In: www.sababu.info. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .

[3] Laura McPherson: Musical surrogate languages in the documentation of complex tone: the case of the Sambla balafon. June 18, 2018, accessed on July 16, 2019 .

[4] Austrian World Music Awards winner. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .

[5] Dieudonné LANKOANDE: Festival "Triangle du Balafon" Le Burkina Faso remporte le "balafon d'or". February 13, 2012, accessed July 16, 2019 (French).

[6] Simon YAMEOGO: by Juste en passant. “Ambassade du Burkina Faso à Vienne: Remise de distinctions honorifiques et célébration en différé de la Journée internationale de la Femme”. April 13, 2017, accessed on July 16, 2019 (French).