Folon (album)

Folon
Studio album by Salif Keita
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	World Music, Fusion, Dance
Length	56:19
Label	Mango
Producer	Wally Badarou, Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Salif Keita chronology
Destiny of a Noble Outcast (1991) Folon (1995) Rail Band (1996)

Folon is the fourth studio album from Malian artist Salif Keita. It was released in 1995 by Mango and produced by Wally Badarou, except for tracks 5, 7 and 9 by Jean-Philippe Rykiel.

Track listing

• All songs written by Salif Keita.

1. "Tekere" 6:33 (clap your hands)
2. "Mandjou" 10:37
3. "Africa" 5:59
4. "Nyanyama" 6:18
5. "Mandela" 4:30
6. "Sumun" 6:57
7. "Seydou" 5:48
8. "Dakan-Fe" 5:06
9. "Folon" 4:25

Personnel

• Salif Keita: Vocals
• Angeline Annonier, Nayanka Bell, Djanka Diabate, Djene Doumbouya, Bessy Gordon: Vocal Backing
• Ousmane Kouyate: Guitars
• Wally Badarou: Keyboards, Vocal Backing
• Check Tidiane Seck: Keyboards
• Mohktar Samba: Drums
• Souleymane Doumbouya, Sydney Thiam: Percussion

Tekere

Tekere means clap your hands. The song is about jealousy, about too much jealousy is easy turning into maliciousness. A person should accept its situation, its not necessary to make yourself greater than you are, not compensate missing greatness with arrogance. For many persons it is just sufficient to applaud them, and they will love it. Keita uses e.g. the image of a griot whom one can give money and he will sing, and clap the hands for your woman. But your woman then will follow the one who claps the hand.