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 Doudou Cissoko is a korafolá A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. and a singer, born in
Thies (Senegal).
Hailing from the famous line of
Soundioulou Cissoko, and nowadays, Doudou honors his memory with the song « Mariama Soundioulou » - sounding like a beautiful tribute ; so, when listening him, you may consider he is as
well-talented as his ancestors.
Dimbaya, (« Relatives ») released for the first time in 2001 under an independent English label -
DB Records, should be heared to : indeed, Doudou displays a great cool mastery and a perfect classicism playing the kora,
that is typically inherent to Cissoko jelìlú
(i.e :Ablaye
Cissoko, Kaouding
Cissoko, Yakhouba Sissokho, etc.).
He performs with a perfect classicism traditional folksongs like «Kelefaba This song is about Manding and Fula people deep rivalry... Read more»,
« DiarabiDiarabi is a very famous popular song in West Africa, is about passion... Read more. » - entitled « Dimabaya » or the folksong from
Casamance called « Sanu » inspired by the traditional Manding folksong : « Bani is about war leaded by Fula Moslems against N'Kaabu pagan kingdom... Read more.Bani » and sometimes Doudou is sneaking around the corners of fertile jazz playground.
« His soothing music is basically Manding but fused with many other influences ».
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