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Salif Keita

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Salif Keïta (born August 25, 1949) is an afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. [1]

59 relations: Abidjan, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Albinism, Amen (Salif Keita album), Americas, Balafon, Bamako, Begin the Beguine, Beirut, Bill Summers (musician), Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, Carlos Santana, Cesária Évora, Cole Porter, Djembe, Europe, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Folon (album), Guinea, Guitar, Human sacrifice, Ibrahim Maalouf, Israel, Ivory Coast, Joe Zawinul, Keita dynasty, Ko-Yan, Kora (instrument), List of bad luck signs, Los Angeles, Mali, Mandinka people, Mexico, Moffou, Nantenin Keïta, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute, Organ (music), Paco Sery, Paralympic Games, Paris, Persecution of people with albinism, Pop music, Prince, Rail Band, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Saxophone, Singing, Songwriter, ..., Soro (album), Synthesizer, The Electronic Intifada, Track and field, Victoires de la Musique, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, West Africa, Wrasse Records. Expand index (9 more) »

Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire and is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa.

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Ahmed Sékou Touré

Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Ahmed Sheku Turay) (January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader who was elected as the first President of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984.

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Albinism

Albinism in humans is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes.

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Amen (Salif Keita album)

Amen is the third studio album from Malian artist Salif Keita.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Balafon

The balafon is a kind of wooden xylophone or percussion idiophone which plays melodic tunes, and usually has between 16 and 27 keys.

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Bamako

Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a population of 1.8 million (2009 census, provisional).

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Begin the Beguine

"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song written by Cole Porter.

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Beirut

Beirut (بيروت, Beyrouth) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.

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Bill Summers (musician)

Bill Summers (b. June 27, 1948) is a New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums.

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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (also known as the BDS Movement) is a global campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets what the campaign describes as " obligations under international law", defined as withdrawal from the occupied territories, removal of the separation barrier in the West Bank, full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promotion of the right of return of Palestinian refugees.

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Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American jazz.

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Cesária Évora

Cesária Évora, GCIH (27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean popular singer.

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Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Djembe

A djembe or jembe (from Malinke jembe) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Festival Internacional Cervantino

-The Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC), popularly known as El Cervantino, takes place each fall in the city of Guanajuato, located in central Mexico.

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Folon (album)

Folon is the fourth studio album from Malian artist Salif Keita.

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Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a country on the western coast of Africa.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Human sacrifice

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans, usually as an offering to a deity, as part of a ritual.

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Ibrahim Maalouf

Ibrahim Maalouf (ابراهيم معلوف; born 5 December 1980) is a French-Lebanese trumpet player and teacher, composer and arranger.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a sovereign state located in West Africa.

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Joe Zawinul

Josef Erich "Joe" Zawinul (7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer.

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Keita dynasty

The Keita dynasty ruled pre-imperial and imperial Mali from the 12th century into the early 17th century.

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Ko-Yan

Ko-Yan is the second studio album from Malian artist Salif Keita.

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Kora (instrument)

The kora is a 21-string lute-bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa.

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List of bad luck signs

Bad luck is harmful, negative, or undesirable luck or fortune.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali), is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton.

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Mandinka people

The Mandinka (also known as Mandenka, Mandinko, Mandingo, Manding or Malinke) are an African ethnic group with an estimated global population of 11 million (the other three largest ethnic groups in Africa being the unrelated Fula, Hausa and Songhai peoples).

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Moffou

Moffou is a studio album by the Malian artist Salif Keita.

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Nantenin Keïta

Nantenin Keïta (born 5 November 1984 in Bamako) is a French athlete who competes mainly in Paralympic category T13 sprint events.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London, and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million.

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Organ (music)

In music, the organ (from Greek ὄργανον organon, "organ, instrument, tool") is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means for producing tones, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals.

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Paco Sery

Paco Sery (born 1 May 1956 in Côte d'Ivoire) is a world music and jazz fusion drummer.

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Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Persecution of people with albinism

Persecution of people with albinism (sometimes abbreviated PWA) is based on the belief that certain body parts of albinistic people can transmit magical powers.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Prince

A prince is a male ruler or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family ranked below a king and above a duke.

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Rail Band

The Rail Band is a Malian band formed in 1970; it was later known as Super Rail Band, Bamako Rail Band or, most comprehensively and formally, Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako.

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Red Hot + Blue

Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization.

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Red Hot Organization

Red Hot Organization (RHO) is a not-for-profit, 501(c) 3, international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Soro (album)

Soro is the 1987 debut album by Malian Afro-pop artist Salif Keïta.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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The Electronic Intifada

The Electronic Intifada (EI) is an online Chicago-based publication covering the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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Victoires de la Musique

Victoires de la Musique is an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry that recognizes the best musical artists of the year.

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Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Weather Report

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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Wrasse Records

Wrasse Records is a British record label based in Ashtead, Surrey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salif_Keita

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