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The album « La Nuit Des Griots » initially recorded by Ocora in 1987 and released in 2002 is a rare CD and a masterpiece of wittiness. Indeed, Ousmane SACKO (guitar)
and Yakare DIABATE (lead vocal), both jèlílujèlílu (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 it. from Mali, perfom live standards of the traditional Manding repertoire like the
famous tunes of «SundjataSundiata faasa is the most famous song of the Manding tradition. This song is also known under the title of The Anthem of the Bow
or Simbo... Read more » (entitled « I yee i y ata »), « Tutu Diarra » (entitled « Sama yayomba ») or «Duga is the Vulture praising song, symbol of the Mandig epic hero... Read more.Duga » with this particular and finest wittiness of what jèlílujèlílu (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 it. from Mali are able to.
Ousmane SACKO, accompagnied by Boubacar Diabate (kora) and Brahima Kouyate (bala), improvises in the smoothest jubilating
and wicked spirit his own songs about modern topics like « Saheli veri » - about the Sahel's desertification or that charming and humorous song, humbly entitled « Ousmane
Sacko by Ousmane Sacko »... « Charity begins at home » !
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