rooster59 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 African music legend Mory Kante dies aged 70 in Guinea FILE PHOTO: Malian singer Mory Kante performs during his concert in Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco May 22, 2007. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante DAKAR (Reuters) - Musician Mory Kante, who helped win African music a global following, has died in the capital of his homeland Guinea at the age of 70, his agent said on Friday. 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'. "Mory passed away last night in his sleep in Conakry," his manager Juan Yriart told Reuters by phone. "The cause is unknown." Yriart said Kante was planning several concerts that were all then pushed back to next year due to the new coronavirus outbreak. Born in 1950, Kante toured the world as a leading light of the African music scene before returning to his native Guinea in the 2000s, where he championed causes to help refugees and save threatened forests, according to a biography on his website. He continued to make music, joining forces with other African musical heavyweights in 2014 to create the song 'Africa Stop Ebola' in the face of the epidemic that killed more than 11,300 people. (Reporting by Bate Felix and Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Hugh Lawson) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-05-23 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enoon Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) Yeke Yeke, originally released 1987: Edited May 23, 2020 by Enoon 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 R I P man, have some great music from you, always a pleasure to listen to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swerve Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 He was a really great musician. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 What music did he play ,never heard of him ,anything from the charts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 22 hours ago, swerve said: He was a really great musician. RIP. agree, he did a lot for African music to be recognized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackney35 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 The hard floor remix of Yeke Yeke is one of my favourite dance tracks of all time. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) BBC website has nice obit on him. I started listening to him in 1988 with this album. Hopefully this link will take you to full album on youtube. You might like it Akawaba Beach Album Edited May 24, 2020 by Emdog wrong date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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