Amy Koita

Ami Koita (Djoliba, 1952), yo o bidiwang "diva ya mmino wa Mandinga", ke moopedi wa kwa Mali. [1]

 Kitso ka gagwe 
O belegetswe kwa motsaneng o o bidiwang Djoliba,[2] mo bogare-bophirima jwa French Sudan (kolone ya French Empire magareng ga 1879 le 1960), 40 km borwa-bophirima jwa Bamako (motse mogolo wa Mali), mo pelong ya sent e e kwa teng ga dintshi tsa Noka ya Niger le diura di le mmalwa go tsamaya go tswa kwa Guinea.[ 3] Ba lelapa la gagwe ba ne ba na le ngwao e telele ya yelis (kgotsa griots: bards, baboki le baanelwa ba mo mebileng),[4] mo setsong sa Mandinga (le mo go sona Bambara).[ 5]

Mmaagwe o ne a tswa kwa Kirimadon de la magna, lefelo la ntwa e e itsegeng ya ga Mmusimogolo Sundiata Keita (1190-1255) mo lekgolong la bolesome le boraro la dingwaga. Rraagwe, Bengaly Fode Koita, e ne e le motho yo o ratang ngwao thata, o ne a itsege thata kwa Mali ka ntlha ya seabe sa gagwe mo go tlhaloseng ditiragalo tsa dikgosi tsa hisetori, jaaka Sundiata Keita, tsa dintwa tse di farologaneng tse di neng di lowa ke balaodi ba ntwa jaaka Samory Touré (1830-1900), Babemba (kgosi ya Sikasso), Tiramangan Traoré, Fakoly Dumbia (lekgolo la bo lesometharo), El Hadj Umar Tall, jj.

Rraagwe le mmaagwe e ne e le ba-griot. Rraagwe, e le go boloka botshelo jwa kgosana ya bogologolo ya motse wa Djoliba, o ne a ikana gore fa kgosana e ka swa ga a kitla a tlhola a opela gape mo botshelong jwa gagwe. Ka jalo, Amy ga a ise a ko a utlwe rraagwe a opela. Rraagwe o ne a tlhokafala fa a ne a na le dingwaga di le tharo. Fa rraagwe a tlhokafala, o ne a fudugela kwa Bamako le mmaagwe, mme o ne a nna a na le kamano e e gaufi le Djoliba.

Nkokoagwe, yo o neng a tlhokafala a na le dingwaga di le lekgolo ka 1992, o ne a nna a mo tlhotlheletsa ka metlha e bile e le sekao sa setso sa Ba-Mandinga. Malome wa gagwe Wa Kamissoko, morwarraagwe mmaagwe, e ne e le mokwalahisitori yo o tumileng lefatshe ka bophara ka go kwala ka hisetori ya Ba-Mandinga, mme e ne ya gatisiwa ka setlhogo sa Les grandes gestes du Mali ('ditiro tse dikgolo tsa Mali'), ke Youssouf Tata Cissé (1935-2013). O ne a ithuta go opela mo go mmaagwe le go dira gore go fetofetoga ga mantswe a gagwe go nne botlhokwa thata mo go ba-griot. O ne a ithuta boitshwaro, go nna kelotlhoko le go tlotla ngwao mo go mmèmogoloagwe. Go tswa go malome wa gagwe, Wa Kamissoko, o ne a ithuta dikgang tsa batho ba gaabo, ntle le go sokama.[ 3]
 Dipina tsa gagwe 
Bomboli Niaré (1976)
Néné Daou (1978)
Amy Koita (1985) LP SP 1001
Tata Sira (1986) CD Mélodie 42079-2
Nakan (1988) CD Mali Stars Mélodie 38115-2
Mamaya (1989) CD Mélodie 38120-2
Mory Djo (1989)
Djamba Kono (1992)
Songs of praise (1993) Stern's Africa STCD 1039
Carthage (1995) CD Sonodisc CDS 6840
Djiguy (1998) CD Déclic 8459132
Sarama (2000) K7 SA-SN 0012
Africawé (2003)
 Metswedi 
[1] Fajardo, José Carlos García (1999). Encenderé un fuego para ti: viaje al corazón de los pueblos de África (in Spanish). Anthropos Editorial. ISBN 9788492243846.

[2] "African Music Encyclopedia: Ami Koita". africanmusic.org. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

[3] "Amy Koïté : une artiste qui a tout gagné au Mali". Maliweb. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

[4] "Biografia de Fanta Damba". www.ikuska.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

[5] "The Courier N° 183 - Oct - Nov 2000 - Dossier: Gender - Country Reports: Cape Verde: Focus on development: Griots in West Africa carry on singing their praises". collections.infocollections.org. Retrieved November 6, 2017.