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The song dates back to the colonial time. The song title comes from a vocational warping of the French expression :
« L'adjudant » (warrant officer).
Indeed, « in colonisation time, when men were recruited as soldiers to go to war, they were made dancing on this tune ! My
father used to play this tune on a very fast tempo. I prefered to slow it… » said Ballake CissokoBallake Sissokho is a great korafolá from Mali, great griot Djelimady Sissokho's son... Read more. .
sources : Ballake Cissoko [http://www.madminutemusic.com]
This song is based on a song and a merry rhythm, often called (in Mali): « Tekere » (for the song) or « Ladiaba » (for rhythm).
Famous artists have recorded that song :
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