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Like every
griot, Bako Dagnon inherited from her parents the knowledge of epics tradition the ability to sing Mali's history. At Kita, she has been recruited to represent her region at the Biennales of Bamako in
1972 and she won 1st prize with the song « Yiri Kolo ». In 1974, she was recruited to join the Ensemble Instrumental National du Mali, where she stayed for 10 years. Working at sides of great
singers such as Mokontafe Sacko, Sarafing Kouyaté, Wandé Kouyaté and Nantenedié Kamissoko, she helped developping and promoting traditional Malian music with the Ensemble Instrumental National du MaliSchool of excellence, symbol of the artistic and cultural unit of Mali, the national instrumental Ensemble is a monument of the Malian music... Read more.. Moreover, the elder of Mali music, late Bazoumana Sissoko, invited her several times to sing at his house...
When Ibrahima Sylla of Syllart Productions asked her to join in the recording of the second volume of the « Mandekalou » project, the road was open to record an album on her own. « Titati » was mainly recorded in Studio Bogolan (Bamako) and
partly in Paris, mixed by François Bréant.
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