Bouba Sacko is a contemporary guitarist in Mali.[1]
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When he started playing guitar in the 1960s, the concept of a "Artist guitarist" barely existed.Only griot must sing, dance or play guitariste in Mali. He wasn't griot but he changes this rule, he was one of the first noble who play guitar. The famed praise musicians of West Africa's Mande people mostly worked with the Kora (21-string harp), Ngoni (spike lute) and wooden-slatted Balafon. Bouba's father, Ibrahim Sacko, was director of the state-sponsored Instrumental Ensemble of Mali, so the traditional repertoire and lore of Mande griot heritage surrounded him from the start. Just the same, Bouba stuck with the guitar, developing a powerful capacity to evoke traditional instruments using his axe. He died on December 26, 2011. RIP
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