Sékouba Bambino

Biographie

Born in a family of griots from Upper Guinea, Sekouba Bambino Diabaté was recruited as a singer-baryton by the Bembeya Jazz National from adolescence — his president, Sékou Touré, gave him his first guitar after hearing him sing. His solo career, launched in Paris with " Faso Kanu" (1988), crossed Mandingue music and Afro-Cuban salsa with the Africando collective. In 2018, he performed at the Festival International Nuits d'Afrique in Montreal.

Distinctions and benchmarks

Guinea's Best Singer Award in 1979 · Former singer-baryton of Bembeya Jazz National · Member of the Salsa Africando collective · One of the only three Guineans to have performed at the Olympia in Paris, with Mory Kanté and Takana Zion

On the Poster — Festivals

• 2018 — Festival International Nuits d'Afrique — Montreal: On the poster of the 2018 edition — her card keeps the picture of this Montreal edition — See the festival entry

See also

• Clip — "Minimum N'ma", on YouTube
• Clip — "On Vousut Danser", on YouTube
• Clip — "An Kania Kuma", on YouTube

Performing formats

• Concert — Mandingue orchestra
• Concert — African-Cuban salsa (African vena)