Sidiki Diabaté
Singer, kora player, composer, beatmaker and producer — mandingue, rap and pop music
Biographie
Sidiki Diabaté, born on 8 February 1992 in Bamako, is a singer, kora player, composer and producer from Mali. He is the son of Toumani Diabaté and the grandson of Sidiki Diabaté, whose name he bears, in a long line of kora griot players. He was noticed in 2006, at the age of 14, at the Festival Images et Paroles d'Afrique in Ardèche. In 2014, he recorded with his father the acoustic album "Toumani & Sidiki". He then joined the collective Lamomali, led by Matthieu Chedid, and developed in parallel a solo career between mandingue, rap and pop music, until the album "Kora Lover" in 2024.
Distinctions and benchmarks
Album "Toumani & Sidiki" (2014), in duo with his father, named at the Grammy Awards · Member of the Lamamali collective, with Matthieu Chedid, Fatoumata Diawara and Toumani Diabaté — album "Lamomali" in 2017 · First Malian artist to play at a closed shop at Bercy Arena in 2023, according to Africa Magazine
Discographie
"Toumani & Sidiki" (2014), with Toumani Diabaté · "Diabateba Music, Vol. 1" (2016) · "Lamomali" (2017), with Lamamali · "Bieni" (2019) · "Kora Lover" (2024) · "Totem" (2025), with Lamamali
On the Poster — Festivals
- 2026 — PANAF Festival – Sharing African Culture: On the news of the 9th edition — See the festival entry