Artist: Jali Musa Jawara
Author: Jawara
Label: Hannibal
Year: 1983
Griot from Guinea (West Africa); Mory Kanté's half-brother on album Yasimika. Different spelling of his name: Djeli Moussa Diawara.
Covers:
Mory Kanté [as Yé Ké Yé Ké; version with more kora than the 1988 hit version; griots like him and his half-brother are the only local caste entitled to play that instrument (lp A Paris - Sacodis/Abidjan)]
Bembeya Jazz National [idem; live version on Afrika Roots Vol 3 (Milkweg) with Sekou Diabate (Diamond Fingers) on guitar; orchestra from Guinea, nationalised by their president Sékou Touré]
Mory Kanté [idem; hi-tech version; n°1 B & NL (the only African #1 of the lowlands)]
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Arnold Rypens
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