Amadou and mariam biography of barack obama
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Amadou & Mariam’s story is one of the most inspiring tales in the music world; a love affair that propelled two veterans of Mali’s music industry, who first recorded together in the 1970s, into charts around the globe in the 21st century, winning enough awards to fill several sideboards in their home on the outskirts of Bamako and raising awareness of the difficulties in living in one of the world’s poorest countries. Into their orbit came such stars as Manu Chao, David Gilmour, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Scissor Sisters and Damon Albarn, who told The Observer: “I don’t think there’s ever been a band from Africa with whom people have engaged in quite such a way.” Yet it is also a story that began in adversity and continues to evolve and inspire more than 40 years after it began.
After seven acclaimed international albums, gold and platinum discs and countless sold-out concerts, Amadou & Mariam, one of Africa’s most successful and popular musical exports have been
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Amadou & Mariam
- Fine, distinctive work featuring powerful vocals – The Guardian on “La Confusion”
The blind couple and artist duo Amadou & Mariam from Mali found each other through music. Amadou Bagayoko was one of Malis most sought after guitarist when he met Mariam at the institute for the blind ungdom in Bamako. Mariam Doumbia became his favorite lärling, and being a talented songwriter, she became Amadous motivation to help her by making arrangements for her lyrics. Amadou says himself about this:
“My real motivation was Mariam herself. Her beautiful röst, that fryst vatten. The lyrics touched me because they reflected her sadness and the hypocrisy with which society often treats disabled people. inom told her music was a good way to discover that we had a place in society”.
Since the duo started making music together, successful projects have been birthed one after the other. This year they are celebrating 30 years as a duo. The great international breakthrough happened
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Frosty
I’m Frosty. Welcome to Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin. Today is a beautiful high vibration day. We’re welcoming a golden couple from Bamako, Mali. We have Amadou and Mariam here. They’ve been making music together since the early 1980s. They brought their music around the world and today they’re bringing their music here to share with you. So, let’s all welcome Amadou and Mariam.
[applause]
So, yours is a story of music but also of love. I’d like to ask when you first met each other. Do you have a recollection of the first time when you connected and what your thoughts were?
Amadou
Yes, I’d say we met in 1975 at the Institute for the Young Blind in Mali, in Bamako. I remember that I played in different bands. I went to the Institute, where Mariam was introduced to me. She sang, and I played the guitar. This is how we started to do things together.
Frosty
Mariam, do you remember Amadou? Do you remember, when you met him, what your thoughts we