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Concert Oumou Diarra and Yacouba Koné | Musiques et Exils Cycle
Music · Friday, December 18 · 19:00 · Paris
Médiathèque musicale de Paris – Christiane Eda-Pierre, 8 porte Saint Eustache
Free
To close the Musiques et Exils cycle, the Médiathèque musicale invites you to an evening of Mandingue music with the diva Oumou Diarra and the guitarist Yacouba Koné. Oumou Diarra's dazzling voice and Yacouba Koné's brisk guitar work blend to offer a music between Mandingue tradition and Afro-American blues. Oumou Diarra comes from a noble family in the Ganadougou district in the Mali's 3rd region. She regularly performs at major festivals in Bamako and has collaborated with artists such as the Congolese musician Fally Ipupa, pianist Cheic…
