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Salif Keita Salif Keïta ( ) ( born August 25 , 1949 ) is an African singer-songwriter from Mali . He is notable not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice of Africa but also because he has albinism . He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali . Biography . Early life . Salif Keita was born a traditional prince in the village of Djoliba . He was cast out by his family and ostracized by the community because of his albinism , a sign of bad luck in Mandinka culture . In 1967 , he left Djoliba for Bamako , where he joined the government-sponsored Super Rail Band de Bamako . In 1973 Keita joined the group , Les Ambassadeurs . Keita and Les Ambassadeurs fled political unrest in Mali during the mid-1970s for Abidjan , Ivory Coast , and subsequently changed the groups name to Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux . The reputation of Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux rose to the international level in the 1970s , and in 1977 Keita received a National Order award from the president of Guinea , Sékou Touré . He is the father of Paralympian athlete Nantenin Keita . Career . Keita moved to Paris in 1984 to reach a larger audience . His music combines traditional West African music styles with influences from both Europe and the Americas . Although Keita was famous in Africa and had achieved a strong fan base among connoisseurs around the world , in 1987 , Soro became his international-breakthrough album . The project was produced by Ibrahima Sylla , a visionary who had already discovered dozens of African stars ( and would later become the driving force behind Africando ) . The arrangements feature the roiling rhythms , slightly nasal female backup choirs , and traditional percussion typical of Malian music . Musical instruments that are commonly featured in Keitas work include balafons , djembes , guitars , koras , organs , saxophones , and synthesizers . He performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in 1988 to call for Nelson Mandelas release from prison . In 1990 , Keita contributed Begin the Beguine to the Cole Porter tribute/AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue , produced by the Red Hot Organization . Keita found success in Europe as one of the African stars of world music , but his work was sometimes criticised for the gloss of its production and for the occasional haphazard quality . However , shortly after the turn of the millennium he returned to Bamako in Mali to live and record . His first work after going home , 2002s Moffou , was hailed as his best album in many years , and Keita was inspired to build a recording studio in Bamako , which he used for his album MBemba , released in October 2005 . Guest artists on his albums have included Weather Report founders Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter , drummer Paco Sery , guitarist Carlos Santana , and percussionist Bill Summers . Keitas album La Différence was produced around the end of 2009 . The work is dedicated to the struggle of the world albino community ( victims of human sacrifice ) , for which Keita has been crusading all his life . In one of the albums tracks , the singer calls others to understand that difference does not mean bad and to show love and compassion towards albinos like everyone else : I am black/ my skin is white/ so I am white and my blood is black [ albino ] /...I love that because it is a difference thats beautiful , some of us are beautiful some are not/some are black some are white/all that difference was on purpose...for us to complete each other/let everyone get his love and dignity/the world will be beautiful . La Différence was recorded between Bamako , Beirut , Paris , and Los Angeles . This unique musical feel is reinforced by soulful pitches in the track Samigna emanating from the trumpet of the great Lebanese jazzman Ibrahim Maalouf . In 2001 , Keitas song Tomorrow was featured in the Will Smith film Ali . La Différence won Keita one of the biggest musical awards of his career : the Best World Music 2010 at the Victoires de la musique . In 2013 , after what he described as threats from the Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions campaign , he cancelled a performance in Israel . He later published a letter on his Facebook page , stating that he decided to cancel the event because he was scared of being harmed personally or professionally , but clarified that he still love [ d ] Israel , slamming BDS as an extremist group who used scare tactics and bullying . In late October 2017 , it was announced that Salif Keita will release a new album soon . In November 2018 he announced his retirement from recording . This was at a concert in Fana , Mali . The album Un Autre Blanc,which was released at the concert would be his last . Discography . - Seydou Bathili – 1982 - Soro – 1987 – Mango - Ko-Yan – 1989 – Mango - Amen – 1991 – Mango - Destiny of a Noble Outcast – 1991 – PolyGram - 69–80 – 1994 – Sonodisc - Folon – 1995 – Mango - Rail Band – 1996 – Melodie - Seydou Bathili – 1997 – Sonodisc - Papa – 1999 – Blue Note - Mama – 2000 – Capitol - The Best of Salif Keita – 2001 – Wrasse Records - Sosie – 2001 – Mellemfolkeligt - Moffou – 2002 – Universal Jazz France - Salif Keita The Best of the Early Years – 2002 – Wrasse Records - Remixes from Moffou – 2004 – Universal Jazz France - MBemba – 2005 – Universal Jazz France - The Lost Album – 1980 ( reissued 2005 ) – Cantos - La Différence – 2009 – Emarcy - Talé – 2012 – with Philippe Cohen-Solal - Un Autre Blanc – 2018 Naïve Records Many compilations are available as well Singles . - Yamore ( 2002 ) ( with Cesaria Evora ) Further reading . - Cherif Keita , Outcast to Ambassador : The Musical Odyssey of Salif Keita CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ( February 1 , 2011 ) At minute 45 of this interview , Cherif Keita begins talking about Salif Keita . External links . - [ allmusic – Salif Keita ] - Wrasse Records/Biography of Salif - Salif Keïta : Discography - Opiyo Oloya interview with Salif Keita - Banning Eyre interview with Salif Keita - Salif Keita Concert Pictures