Fanta Damba is a Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an jalimuso (Bambara female Griot

Griot

A griot or jeli is a West African storyteller. The griot delivers history as a poet, praise singer, and wandering musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition. As such, they are sometimes also called bards...

-singer) known to her fans as La Grand Vedette Malienne. She began singing as a child, growing up in a family of musicians. She began recording in her early twenties with Radio Mali. In 1975, she became the first jalimuso to tour Europe solo. She retired from as a performer in 1985.

Discography

• Première anthologie de la Musique malienne, volume 6. La tradition épique (1971), Bärenreiter-Musicaphon - LP
• La grande vedette malienne (1975), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
• Hamet (1975), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
• Ousmane Camara (1975), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
• Sékou Semega (1977), Songhoï Records - LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
• Bahamadou Simogo (1980), Celluloid - LP
• Fanta Damba (1981), Sonodisc - LP
• Fanta Damba (1982), Sako Production - LP
• Fanta Damba (1983), Sako Production - LP
• Fanta Damba (1985), Disques Esperance - LP
• Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 1 (2002), Bolibana - CD
• Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 2 (2002), Bolibana - CD
• Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 3 (2002), Bolibana - CD