Moussa Kouyate
Moussa Kouyate (born 1956) is a kora player from Bamako, Mali. His father, Batrou Sekou Kouyate, was also a prominent kora player.
Biography
In 2003, Moussa Kouyaté came to Finland to record his album "Finlandiafrica", which was produced by Marco Tikkanen and Jukka Viiri, which has been highly acclaimed in his home country, Mali. According to news and hearsay from Bamako, the late Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté were inspired by his album to produce their own, that in turn, won a Grammy Award in the USA in 2005 shortly before Ali Farka died from cancer. It needs to be mentioned that the late Ali Farka Touré and Moussa Kouyate are from the same village in Mali, Niafunké where a museum is held in the name of Ali Farka, who was the Mayor or Niafunké and a farmer until his very last days.
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