Mory Kanté
Tribute page — Mory Kanté's positive and verified news: concerts, outputs, distinctions and projects.
The positive and verified news of Mory Kanté: concerts, outputs, distinctions and projects — the writing of Festival TV only retains confirmed information, in a spirit of celebration.
2025 — N'Faly Kouyaté reprises "Yéké Yéké" on his album Finishing. On his album Finishing (September 2025), Guinean korafola N'Faly Kouyaté offers the first re-run of his career: "Yéké Yéké", the planetary tube by Mory Kanté. The kora finds the African heart of the title there, in tribute to the electric griot that disappeared in 2020.
2020 — Posthumous Trophy of Excellence at the Guinean Music Victories. In 2020, the Guinean Music Victories awarded Mory Kanté a trophy of excellence posthumously. In the same year, artists from all over the world, from Youssou N'Dour to Mokobé, praised the memory of the author of "Yéké Yéké", the first African single sold to more than a million copies in Europe.