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Aquarel of Christiane Javaux - Jeune malienne d'après une photo de Lydia Vall de Perez |
The song has been composed in the 1970s by the famous korafolá A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. Mori Jali Suso at Ziguinchor (Senegal), in honour of a young woman of the illustrious family of Manneh, who was a «djátiguia (d)jatigui is a patron or a family ; in honor of him (them), in exchange for benefits and a certain material comforts, the griot should use to sing, at will, his praise and eulogy of his clan... Read more. » particularly generous to Jali Suso Mori.
That korafolá A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. was known for his unique style Tomora Meseng More about Tomora Meseng scale and his 25 stringed kora.
In his verses, the jèlíjèlí (plural, jèlílu) are bards, loremasters, and praise-singers in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as they want and hear is challenging his «djatiguia (d)jatigui is a patron or a family ; in honor of him (them), in exchange for benefits and a certain material comforts, the griot should use to sing, at will, his praise and eulogy of his clan... Read more. » to celebrate his family since the dawn until the end of the day...
Few korafolálu A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. recorded that song, but there is a first classical recording by a pioneer of the kora : Foday Musa Suso ; in 1997, Morikeba Kouyaté recorded a great version too. The famous West African band, Touré Kunda, on his first album, created a modern version of that tune untitled : « On verra ça ». Recently, Sousou & Maher Cissoko dropped their version of that traditional also untitled : « On verra ça ».
Famous performers of « Mama Manneh » :
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