ZUM TOD DES GUINEISCHEN SÄNGERS UND MUSIKERS MORY KANTÉ

22.05.2020 Der am 29. März 1950 in Albadania bei Kissidougou geborene guineische Griot, Sänger und Musiker Mory Kanté (Bild) ist am 22. Mai 2020 in Conakry (Guinea) gestorben. Seine ersten Erfolge feierte er mit der Rail Band of Bamako (Mali). Mit dem in Paris aufgenommenen Lied "Yé ké yé ké" und dem Album "Akwaba Beach" gelang ihm ab 1987 der weltweite Durchbruch. Mory Kanté zählte zu den wichtigsten Repräsentanten von Worldmusic und Ethno-Pop.

Foto: Aboubacarkhoraa, 2019 - Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en - Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mory_Kant%C3%A9_(cropped).jpg

Décès du célèbre artiste Mory Kanté: les condoléances de Fodé Tass Sylla, Directeur de la Télévision Nationale

Décédé ce vendredi 22 mai 2020, des suites de maladie, à son domicile au quartier Kipé Dadia, ici à Conakry, le griot électrique de la musique mandingue était un monument vivant du paysage culturel mondial.

Youssouf Diallo

http://rtgkoloma.info/deces-du-celebre-artiste-mory-kante-les-condoleances-de-fode-tass-sylla-directeur-de-la-television-nationale/

http://rtgkoloma.info/urgent-lartiste-mory-kante-nest-plus/

Mory Kante: Guinean icon famed for 'Yeke Yeke' song dies

Guinean traditional music icon Mory Kante has died, President Alpha Conde confirmed in a tweet of May 22. Conde described the death as a loss for African culture. He added that Mory had led an exceptional, exemplary life which was a source of pride.

https://www.africanews.com/2020/05/22/mory-kante-guinean-musician-famed-for-yeke-yeke-song-dies/

Mory Kante, Guinea music star and 'baobab of culture', dies at 70

Kante revolutionised West African repertoire by going electric and blending traditional Mandingo with urban grooves.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/mory-kante-guinea-music-star-baobab-culture-dies-70-200522194536458.html

Mory Kanté, mort d'un "griot électrique"

Le Guinéen, qui a marié son séculaire héritage aux musiques noires américaines, a connu un succès fulgurant avec "Yeke Yeke".

Jacques Denis

https://next.liberation.fr/musique/2020/05/22/mory-kante-mort-d-un-griot-electrique_1789183

Mort de Mory Kanté: 5 chansons pour (re)découvrir le musicien au-delà de son tube planétaire Yéké Yéké

Le chanteur et musicien guinéen Mory Kanté est mort à l'âge de 70 ans ce vendredi 22 mai 2020 dans un hôpital de Conakry des suites d'une longue maladie. Ex-fan des 80's africaines,Tewfik Hakem rappelle que le griot n'était pas seulement l'auteur d'un tube international.

https://www.franceculture.fr/musique/mort-de-mory-kante-5-chansons-pour-redecouvrir-le-musicien-au-dela-de-son-tube-planetaire-yeke-yeke

Lignée familiale de griots

Mory Kanté est issu d'une longue lignée de griots et de cantatrices mandingues. Ses parents l'ont poussé à apprendre à jouer du balafon et de la kora, deux instruments traditionnels de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.

olhor avec afp

https://www.rts.ch/info/culture/musiques/11343846-le-chanteur-guineen-mory-kante-est-decede-a-l-age-de-70-ans.html

African Music Legend Mory Kante Dies Aged 70 in Guinea

Kante's long-running career saw him progress from regional acclaim as a player of the traditional West African kora instrument to international stardom in the 1980s with his chart-topping hit 'Yeke Yeke'.

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/22/arts/22reuters-people-mory-kante.html

Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour paid tribute, calling Kanté "a baobab of African culture"

As a solo artist, he released 13 studio albums. The last, N'Diarabi, was released in 2017. In 2014, he recorded Africa Stop Ebola alongside artists including Amadou & Mariam, Salif Keïta and Oumou Sangaré. It sold 250,000 copies, raising money for Médicins Sans Frontières.

Speaking to the Guardian in 2004, he said he would like to be remembered "as a man of culture, as a citizen of the world who delivers his messages in music, and as a tireless traveller looking to meet and know the people of this world".

Laura Snapes

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/22/mory-kante-guinean-musician-dies-aged-70-from-chronic-health-problems

Mory Kanté: African music star dies aged 70

Born in a famous family of "griots" - West African musicians and storytellers - he had been nicknamed "the electronic griot", and was known as a distinguished player of kora - a West African harp.

His song Yéké Yéké became a huge hit in the late 1980s and was widely remixed.

The president of Guinea, Alpha Condé, said on Twitter that African culture was in mourning. He thanked Kanté, saying his career had been "exceptional".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52774331

Sein eingängiger Song machte den Musiker aus Afrika auf einen Schlag weltbekannt. Er verband traditionelle Klänge seiner Heimat mit westlichem Pop.

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/pionier-der-weltmusik-yeke-yeke-saenger-mory-kante-gestorben/25853244.html

Zurück zum Sound der Heimat

Wie die meisten afrikanischen Musiker, die mit europäisch beeinflussten Stücken Erfolg im Westen hatten - etwa sein alter Bandkollege Salif Keita - kehrten sie mit der Zeit zu einem Sound zurück, in dem die traditionellen, akustischen Instrumente ihrer Heimat eine weit grössere Rolle hatten.

Eric Facon

https://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/star-des-ethno-pop-gestorben-mory-kante-brachte-die-harfe-auf-die-tanzflaeche

Audios / Videos:

Mory Kanté yeke yeke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUD1Z3pU1g&feature=emb_logo

Mory kante - Yeke Yeke (Official video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVmS0SSSdWM&feature=emb_logo

Mory Kanté: "Yéké Yéké" - 1989 live

https://www.facebook.com/Ina.fr/videos/271721730643041

Soundiata. Super Rail Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=MYnzDwC93dE&feature=emb_logo

Mory Kanté - Mariama