Salim Keita

Salif Keïta (an haife shi 25 ga Agustan shekarar 1949) Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1350/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. mawaƙi ne kuma marubuci ɗan ƙasar Mali, wanda ake magana da shi a matsayin "Muryar Zinariya ta Afirka". Shi dan gidan sarautar Keita ne na Mali.

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An haifi Salif Keita a matsayin basarake a kauyen Djoliba.[4] An haife shi ga gidan sarautar Keita, waɗanda suka samo asali daga asalinsu ga Sundiata Keita, wanda ya kafa daular Mali.Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1350/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. Iyalinsa sun kore shi, al’umma kuma suka kore shi saboda zabiya, alamar rashin sa’a a al’adar Mandinka[ Ya tashi a gidan musulmi, ya tafi makarantar Islamiyya inda malamin Alkur’ani ya rinjayi shi.] Ya yanke shawarar yin waka a cikin shekarunsa na samartaka, tare da kara nisantar da shi daga danginsa domin hakan ya sabawa haramcin sana'a na matsayinsa mai daraja"Salif Keita: 'Mandjou', a griot's praise song for a president"

A cikin 1967, ya bar Djoliba zuwa Bamako, inda ya shiga ƙungiyar Super Rail Band de Bamako da gwamnati ke daukar nauyinsa.Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1350/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

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Sakamakon tashe-tashen hankula na siyasa, Keita da abokan aikinsa sun tsere daga Mali a tsakiyar shekarun 1970. Sun sauka a Abidjan, Ivory Coast, inda suke fama da rashin kuɗi kuma galibi suna hayan kayan aiki don yin wasan kwaikwayo. Ƙungiyar (yanzu mai suna Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux) ta ci gaba da girma cikin shahara a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1350/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. Kundin su na 1978, Mandjou, ya zama nasara ta dare ɗaya a Afirka ta Yamma."Salif Keita: 'Mandjou', a griot's praise song for a president"

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