Sona Diabaté
Sona Diabaté (* 1959 in Tiro , Guinea ) is a West African singer.
Her father was the singer Hadji Djeli Fodé Diabaté , who taught her not only to sing but also to play the balafon . After school she started a career as a griot singer. After meeting Miriam Makeba (who was living in Guinea at the time), she joined Africa's first women's band, Les Amazones de Guinée .
In 1996 the song Garé-Garé reached number 3 on the World Music Charts Europe .
She was also a guest at the Würzburg Africa Festival . In Europe she performed in the world music group Argile .
Albums
- Sons de la savane (1983)
- Kankele-Ti (1988)
- Garé Garé (1996)
- Argile feat. Sona Diabaté: live in Africa & Europe (1998)
- Argile present Mandingo Festival (2000).
Web links
- Sona Diabaté & Guinea Band on bibiafrica.de (English)
- Sona Diabate & Argile on bibiafrica.de (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diabaté, Sona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guinean singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tiro , Guinea |