Fatoumata Diawara starts her North American tour in West Vancouver on March 20 at Kay Meeks Arts Centre as part of Capilano University’s Global Roots Series.Supplied Fatoumata Diawara, Kay Meek Arts ...

Seven years after her acclaimed debut album Fatou, the Malian singer songwriter and actress Fatoumata Diawara has released Fenfo meaning "something to say" in her native Bambara language. The ...

The Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara’s first solo album, Fatou, was a breath of fresh air, its strummed acoustic guitar and bright melodies a late-summer soundtrack for 2011, her stage presence honed ...

The track, which you can listen to below, is taken from the Malian singer songwriter’s forthcoming new album, the follow up to her 2018 LP ‘Fenfo (Something To Say)’. The pair previously worked on the ...

The Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara feels at home anywhere. Whether in West Africa, where she’s from; in Paris, where she made a name for herself as a theater and film actor ...

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Born in 19822, Fatoumata Diawara spent her early years in Abidjan in a large family. Her mother is a dancer. His father runs an association of traditional shows. He introduced her to dance and the ...

Damon Albarn has teamed up with Fatoumata Diawara on her new song "Nsera". ORDER NOW: Bob Dylan is on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut The track, which you can listen to below, is taken from the ...

Afropop superstar Fatoumata Diawara has built a modern global career from her traditional West African roots. Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau calls her the “subtlest of desert divas.” ...