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Fatoumata Diawara

October 15, 2023

Fatoumata Diawara (Bambara: ߝߊ߫ߕߎߡߕߊ ߖߊ߯ߥߙߊ߫, romanized: Fatumta Jawara, born 1982) is a Malian singer-songwriter currently[when?] living in France.

Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara, August 2012
Background information
BornFebruary 21 1982
Ouragahio, Ivory Coast
OriginMali
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1999-present
Labels
Websitewww.fatoumatadiawara.com

Diawara began her career as an actress in theatre and in film, including Genesis (1999), Sia, The Dream of the Python (2001) and Timbuktu (2014). She later launched a career in music, collaborating with numerous artists and releasing three studio albums beginning with 2011 debut Fatou. Diawara's music combines traditional Wassoulou with international styles.

Early life Edit

Diawara was born in 1982 in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents. As an adolescent, she was sent back to their native Bamako in Mali to be raised by an aunt. When she was eighteen, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting. She briefly returned to Mali for a film role, but fled back to Paris to avoid being coerced into marriage by her family.[1]

Film and theatre Edit

After moving to France, Diawara appeared in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's 1999 feature film Genesis, Dani Kouyaté's popular 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python, and in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal de Luxe. She also played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba.[2]

Simultaneously with pursuing her musical career, Diawara has continued her cinematic activities, with numerous roles, appearances, and musical input in multiple feature films, including in Timbuktu, which won seven César Award nods and an Academy Award nomination in 2014.[3]

Musical career Edit

Diawara took up the guitar and began composing her own material, writing songs that blend Wassoulou traditions of southern Mali with international influences.[4] She has said that she is "the first female solo electric guitar player in Mali".[5]

Diawara has performed or recorded with Malian and international stars such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Oumou Sangaré,[6] AfroCubism,[7] Dee Dee Bridgewater (on Red Earth: A Malian Journey),[8] and the Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou.[9] The EP Kanou was released May 9, 2011. She wrote every song[10] on her debut album Fatou from World Circuit Records that released in September 2011.[11] (Nonesuch Records released the Kanou EP digitally in North America on September 27, 2011, and the album Fatou on August 28, 2012).[12]

In September 2012, Diawara was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.[13] September 2012 also saw her board the Africa Express Train with Damon Albarn, Rokia Traoré, Baaba Maal, Amadou & Mariam, Nicolas Jaar, and the Noisettes, amongst many others. The show culminated in a 4.5k venue in Kings Cross where Fatoumata performed with Paul McCartney.[14]

Diawara has spent recent years touring the world,[15] with a landmark performance for the English-speaking public at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival.[16] Alongside many European gigs, her schedule has taken her to South America, Asia and Australia,[17] as well as on multiple trips to the US, where in September 2013 she performed as part of the Clinton Global Initiative alongside The Roots in New York.[18] Since mid-2014 she has collaborated with Roberto Fonseca, with numerous live performances and a joint live album, At Home - Live in Marciac, along the way. In 2014 she also performed with Mayra Andrade and Omara Portuondo. February 2015 saw her first live concert as an established international star in Mali, her home country, Festival sur le Niger[19] in Ségou, where she shared the stage once again with her long-time friend and mentor, Oumou Sangaré,[citation needed] Bassekou Kouyate, and many other domestic Malian acts.

Diawara was featured in the 2020 Gorillaz single "Désolé", which later appeared on their album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez.[20] She performed a Tiny Desk home concert in February 2022.[21] Later that year, she published the album Maliba, created as a soundtrack for a Google Arts and Culture project to digitise manuscripts held in Timbuktu. The album was characterised by The Economist as "a wondrous work of cultural preservation from one of the biggest names in contemporary African music".[22]

Style Edit

Noted for her "sensuous voice,"[23] Diawara sings primarily in Bambara, the national language of Mali, and builds on the tradition of "songs of advice" from the culture of her ancestral Wassoulou region.[24] In her songs, Diawara has addressed issues such as the pain of emigration; a need for mutual respect; the struggles of African women; life under the rule of religious fundamentalists, and the practice of female circumcision.[24] One song that exemplifies her focus on these topics is "Mali-ko (Peace/La Paix)", a seven-minute song and video that criticises the fundamentalist conquest of Northern Mali and urges unity to quell resentment against the Tuareg minority whom some blamed for abetting the incursion.[10] Diawara said about the song, ""I needed to scream with this song, 'Wake up! We are losing Mali! We are losing our culture, our tradition, our origins, our roots!'".[10]

Recognition and awards Edit

She received two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for her album Fenfo and Best Dance Recording for "Ultimatum" in which she was featured with the English band Disclosure.[25]

Filmography Edit

 
Fatoumata Diawara band performing at the World Beat Music festival. Austin, Texas, 2013

Stage performances Edit

Discography Edit

Albums Edit

Singles and EPs Edit

  • 2011: Kanou EP (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Collaborations Edit

With Les Balayeurs du désert Edit

Via association with Royal de Luxe; several of the songs had been played as accompaniment in Royal de Luxe's 'giant marionettes' street performances throughout the world.

References Edit

  1. ^ "Fatoumata Diawara: Biografie". Fatoumata Diawara. from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  2. ^ Chabasseur, Eglantine. "Fatoumata Diawara Reinvented" 2011-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, RFI musique, April 8, 2009, accessed June 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2015-02-20). "'Timbuktu' Sweeps France's Cesar Awards". Variety. from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  4. ^ [1] 2010-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, BBC Radio 3, November 13, 2010, accessed June 8, 2011.
  5. ^ June 2020, Rod Brakes05 (5 June 2020). "Fatoumata Diawara: "When I started to play guitar, it resolved everything. It was like healing my soul"". Guitarist Magazine. from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  6. ^ Cummings, Tim. "Oumou Sangare, Barbican Hall, London" 2017-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent, April 28, 2009, accessed June 8, 2011.
  7. ^ Phillips, Glyn. "AfroCubism" 2011-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, WorldMusic.co.uk, accessed June 8, 2011.
  8. ^ Stoudmann, Elisabeth. "Fatoumata Diawara: Nouvelle deesse malienne". Vibrations, June 2011
  9. ^ Denselow, Robin. "Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Cotonou Club" 2017-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, March 24, 2011, accessed June 8, 2011.
  10. ^ a b c McNicoll, Tracy (2013-02-05). "Fatoumata Diawara: A Malian Singer Fights Back Against Islamists". Newsweek. from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  11. ^ Denselow, Robin (September 15, 2011). "Fatoumata Diawara: Fatou – review". The Guardian. London. from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  12. ^ . Nonesuch.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  14. ^ Jonze, Tim (8 September 2012). "The African journey is over – but what an amazing ride". The Guardian. from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  15. ^ "Past Dates". Bands in Town. from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  16. ^ Morgan, Andy (18 June 2013). "Mali hits Glastonbury: Rokia Traoré, Fatoumata Diawara and more". The Guardian. from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  17. ^ "Past Events". Bands in Town. from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  18. ^ . Clinton Global Initiative. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  19. ^ Pryor, Tom. "Field Report: Festival Sur Le Niger 2015". Afropop Worldwide. from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  20. ^ Blistein, Jon (2020-02-27). "Gorillaz Team With Malian Star Fatoumata Diawara for New Song 'Désolé'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  21. ^ O'Neill, Abby (3 February 2022). "Fatoumata Diawara: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert". NPR.
  22. ^ "The best albums of 2022", The Economist (1 December 2022).
  23. ^ Forgan, Kat. “Staff Brenda Bilili”. “Songlines”, July 2011, p.104-105.
  24. ^ a b "Singer and Guitarist Fatoumata Diawara to Perform in New York City | World Music Central.org". 18 February 2020. from the original on 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  25. ^ "61st GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees & Winners List". GRAMMY.com. 2018-12-07. from the original on 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  26. ^ "TIMBUKTU - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  27. ^ Spencer, Neil (6 May 2023). "Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko review – exuberance rules". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

Interview to Fatoumata Diawara during her tour 2022 in Zaragoza. Spain. Fatoumata Diawara: “my music is a combination of my roots interpreted from my modern perspective”

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fatoumata Diawara.
  • Official website  
  • BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, November 13, 2010, accessed June 8, 2011.
  • "Field Report: Festival Sur le Niger 2015" by Tom Pryor, accessed November 11, 2015.
  • Chabasseur, Eglantine. , RFI musique, April 8, 2009, accessed June 8, 2011.
  • Cummings, Tim. “Oumou Sangare, Barbican Hall, London”, The Independent, April 28, 2009, accessed June 8, 2011.
  • Denselow, Robin. "Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Cotonou Club", The Guardian, March 24, 2011, accessed June 8, 2011.
  • Forgan, Kat. "Staff Brenda Bilili". Songlines, July 2011, pp. 104–105.
  • Phillips, Glyn. "AfroCubism", WorldMusic.co.uk, accessed June 8, 2011.

October 15, 2023
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Fatoumata Diawara Bambara ߝߊ ߕߎߡߕߊ ߖߊ ߥߙߊ romanized Fatumta Jawara born 1982 is a Malian singer songwriter currently when living in France Fatoumata DiawaraFatoumata Diawara August 2012Background informationBornFebruary 21 1982Ouragahio Ivory CoastOriginMaliGenresFolkWassoulouMali bluesOccupation s SingersongwriterYears active1999 presentLabelsWorld CircuitNonesuchWebsitewww wbr fatoumatadiawara wbr com Diawara began her career as an actress in theatre and in film including Genesis 1999 Sia The Dream of the Python 2001 and Timbuktu 2014 She later launched a career in music collaborating with numerous artists and releasing three studio albums beginning with 2011 debut Fatou Diawara s music combines traditional Wassoulou with international styles Contents 1 Early life 2 Film and theatre 3 Musical career 3 1 Style 4 Recognition and awards 5 Filmography 6 Stage performances 7 Discography 7 1 Albums 7 2 Singles and EPs 7 3 Collaborations 7 4 With Les Balayeurs du desert 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditDiawara was born in 1982 in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents As an adolescent she was sent back to their native Bamako in Mali to be raised by an aunt When she was eighteen Diawara moved to France to pursue acting She briefly returned to Mali for a film role but fled back to Paris to avoid being coerced into marriage by her family 1 Film and theatre EditAfter moving to France Diawara appeared in Cheick Oumar Sissoko s 1999 feature film Genesis Dani Kouyate s popular 2001 film Sia le reve du python and in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal de Luxe She also played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba 2 Simultaneously with pursuing her musical career Diawara has continued her cinematic activities with numerous roles appearances and musical input in multiple feature films including in Timbuktu which won seven Cesar Award nods and an Academy Award nomination in 2014 3 Musical career EditDiawara took up the guitar and began composing her own material writing songs that blend Wassoulou traditions of southern Mali with international influences 4 She has said that she is the first female solo electric guitar player in Mali 5 Diawara has performed or recorded with Malian and international stars such as Cheick Tidiane Seck Oumou Sangare 6 AfroCubism 7 Dee Dee Bridgewater on Red Earth A Malian Journey 8 and the Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou 9 The EP Kanou was released May 9 2011 She wrote every song 10 on her debut albumFatou from World Circuit Records that released in September 2011 11 Nonesuch Records released the Kanou EP digitally in North America on September 27 2011 and the album Fatou on August 28 2012 12 In September 2012 Diawara was featured in a campaign called 30 Songs 30 Days to support Half the Sky a multi platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn s book 13 September 2012 also saw her board the Africa Express Train with Damon Albarn Rokia Traore Baaba Maal Amadou amp Mariam Nicolas Jaar and the Noisettes amongst many others The show culminated in a 4 5k venue in Kings Cross where Fatoumata performed with Paul McCartney 14 Diawara has spent recent years touring the world 15 with a landmark performance for the English speaking public at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival 16 Alongside many European gigs her schedule has taken her to South America Asia and Australia 17 as well as on multiple trips to the US where in September 2013 she performed as part of the Clinton Global Initiative alongside The Roots in New York 18 Since mid 2014 she has collaborated with Roberto Fonseca with numerous live performances and a joint live album At Home Live in Marciac along the way In 2014 she also performed with Mayra Andrade and Omara Portuondo February 2015 saw her first live concert as an established international star in Mali her home country Festival sur le Niger 19 in Segou where she shared the stage once again with her long time friend and mentor Oumou Sangare citation needed Bassekou Kouyate and many other domestic Malian acts Diawara was featured in the 2020 Gorillaz single Desole which later appeared on their album Song Machine Season One Strange Timez 20 She performed a Tiny Desk home concert in February 2022 21 Later that year she published the album Maliba created as a soundtrack for a Google Arts and Culture project to digitise manuscripts held in Timbuktu The album was characterised by The Economist as a wondrous work of cultural preservation from one of the biggest names in contemporary African music 22 Style Edit Noted for her sensuous voice 23 Diawara sings primarily in Bambara the national language of Mali and builds on the tradition of songs of advice from the culture of her ancestral Wassoulou region 24 In her songs Diawara has addressed issues such as the pain of emigration a need for mutual respect the struggles of African women life under the rule of religious fundamentalists and the practice of female circumcision 24 One song that exemplifies her focus on these topics is Mali ko Peace La Paix a seven minute song and video that criticises the fundamentalist conquest of Northern Mali and urges unity to quell resentment against the Tuareg minority whom some blamed for abetting the incursion 10 Diawara said about the song I needed to scream with this song Wake up We are losing Mali We are losing our culture our tradition our origins our roots 10 Recognition and awards EditShe received two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for her album Fenfo and Best Dance Recording for Ultimatum in which she was featured with the English band Disclosure 25 Filmography Edit nbsp Fatoumata Diawara band performing at the World Beat Music festival Austin Texas 20131996 Taafe Fanga by Adama Drabo 1999 La Genese by Cheick Oumar Sissoko Dina 2002 Sia le reve du python by Dani Kouyate Sia 2008 Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry by Cheick Fantamady Camara Sire 2010 Encourage by Eleonora Campanella 2010 Ni brune ni blonde by Abderrahmane Sissako 2011 Les Contes de la Nuit by Michel Ocelot voice 2013 The Africa Express by Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tulle Herself 2014 Timbuktu Le chagrin des oiseaux by Abderrahmane Sissako 26 2015 Morbayassa by Cheick Fantamady Camara Bella 2016 Mali Blues by Lutz Gregor Herself 2019 Yao by Philippe Godeau GloriaStage performances Edit1998 Antigone by Sophocles adapted by Jean Louis Sagot Duvauroux production Sotiguy Kouyate 2002 2008 Royal de Luxe creator Jean Luc Courcoult 2007 2008 Kirikou et Karaba KarabaDiscography EditAlbums Edit 2011 Fatou World Circuit Nonesuch 2015 At Home Live in Marciac Fatoumata Diawara amp Roberto Fonseca Jazz Village 2018 Fenfo Something To Say Wagram Music Shanachie Records 2022 Maliba Mali Magic Soundtrack on Google Arts and Culture 3eme Bureau Wagram Music 2023 London Ko 3eme Bureau Wagram Music 27 Singles and EPs Edit 2011 Kanou EP World Circuit Nonesuch Collaborations Edit 2009 Featured in the album Leman by Blick Bassy 2010 Co authoring and featuring in the album Debademba by Debademba 2010 Featured in The Imagine Project by Herbie Hancock 2010 Featured in the album Jamm by Cheikh Lo 2010 Featured in the song N fletoun from the Djekpa La You album by Dobet Gnahore 2011 Featured in the song C est lui ou c est moi from the Cotonou Club album by Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou 2012 Featured in Rocket Juice amp the Moon Honest Jon s Album 2012 Featured in the song Bibissa from the album Yo by Roberto Fonseca 2012 Featured in the song Nothin Can Save Ya from the album The Bravest Man In The Universe by Bobby Womack 2013 Featured in the song Surma from the Sketches of Ethiopia album by Mulatu Astatke 2014 Co authoring and featured in the song Timbuktu Fasso from the Timbuktu soundtrack by Amine Bouhafa 2014 Featured in the song It s all coming together by Walter Hus from the soundtrack to feature film N The Madness of Reason by Peter Kruger 2018 Featured in the song Ultimatum by Disclosure 2019 Featured in the song Cameroon by Bonaparte singer 2020 Featured in the song Desole by Gorillaz 2020 Featured in the song Douha Mali Mali by Disclosure 2022 Featured in the song Tama with Barbara PraviWith Les Balayeurs du desert Edit Via association with Royal de Luxe several of the songs had been played as accompaniment in Royal de Luxe s giant marionettes street performances throughout the world 2005 Jules Verne Impact by Les Balayeurs du desert apast Album Y Danse Hamleti 2007 La Pequena by Les Balayeurs du desert Atelier de l evenement Album with an early version of Salimata References Edit Fatoumata Diawara Biografie Fatoumata Diawara Archived from the original on 2020 02 28 Retrieved 2020 02 26 Chabasseur Eglantine Fatoumata Diawara Reinvented Archived 2011 12 06 at the Wayback Machine RFI musique April 8 2009 accessed June 8 2011 Keslassy Elsa 2015 02 20 Timbuktu Sweeps France s Cesar Awards Variety Archived from the original on 2019 07 19 Retrieved 2020 02 24 1 Archived 2010 11 11 at the Wayback Machine BBC Radio 3 November 13 2010 accessed June 8 2011 June 2020 Rod Brakes05 5 June 2020 Fatoumata Diawara When I started to play guitar it resolved everything It was like healing my soul Guitarist Magazine Archived from the original on 2020 11 26 Retrieved 2021 02 16 Cummings Tim Oumou Sangare Barbican Hall London Archived 2017 12 26 at the Wayback Machine The Independent April 28 2009 accessed June 8 2011 Phillips Glyn AfroCubism Archived 2011 05 06 at the Wayback Machine WorldMusic co uk accessed June 8 2011 Stoudmann Elisabeth Fatoumata Diawara Nouvelle deesse malienne Vibrations June 2011 Denselow Robin Orchestre Poly Rythmo Cotonou Club Archived 2017 12 26 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian March 24 2011 accessed June 8 2011 a b c McNicoll Tracy 2013 02 05 Fatoumata Diawara A Malian Singer Fights Back Against Islamists Newsweek Archived from the original on 2020 10 20 Retrieved 2020 03 12 Denselow Robin September 15 2011 Fatoumata Diawara Fatou review The Guardian London Archived from the original on 15 July 2014 Retrieved 25 September 2011 Fatoumata Diawara Nonesuch com Archived from the original on 2013 09 14 Retrieved 2013 09 04 30 Songs 30 Days for Half the Sky Half the Sky Archived from the original on 2012 10 14 Retrieved 2012 08 31 Jonze Tim 8 September 2012 The African journey is over but what an amazing ride The Guardian Archived from the original on 2015 06 10 Retrieved 2013 11 18 Past Dates Bands in Town Archived from the original on 2014 05 03 Retrieved 2013 11 18 Morgan Andy 18 June 2013 Mali hits Glastonbury Rokia Traore Fatoumata Diawara and more The Guardian Archived from the original on 2014 05 03 Retrieved 2013 11 18 Past Events Bands in Town Archived from the original on 2014 05 03 Retrieved 2013 11 18 2013 Clinton Global Citizen Awards Clinton Global Initiative Archived from the original on 2013 09 27 Retrieved 2013 11 18 Pryor Tom Field Report Festival Sur Le Niger 2015 Afropop Worldwide Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 11 11 Blistein Jon 2020 02 27 Gorillaz Team With Malian Star Fatoumata Diawara for New Song Desole Rolling Stone Retrieved 2022 03 28 O Neill Abby 3 February 2022 Fatoumata Diawara Tiny Desk Home Concert NPR The best albums of 2022 The Economist 1 December 2022 Forgan Kat Staff Brenda Bilili Songlines July 2011 p 104 105 a b Singer and Guitarist Fatoumata Diawara to Perform in New York City World Music Central org 18 February 2020 Archived from the original on 2020 04 22 Retrieved 2020 03 12 61st GRAMMY Awards Full Nominees amp Winners List GRAMMY com 2018 12 07 Archived from the original on 2019 02 10 Retrieved 2020 02 24 TIMBUKTU Festival de Cannes Festival de Cannes Archived from the original on 2014 05 16 Retrieved 2018 04 23 Spencer Neil 6 May 2023 Fatoumata Diawara London Ko review exuberance rules The Observer ISSN 0029 7712 Retrieved 3 July 2023 Interview to Fatoumata Diawara during her tour 2022 in Zaragoza Spain Fatoumata Diawara my music 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