Fatoumata Diawara worked as an actress before writing songs. Fatou, by Fatoumata Diawara, is another great release album of 2011. Raised in Mali and resident in Paris, Fatoumata Diawara just released first album deeply inspired by her Wassoulou roots. Fatou's debut album sounding in the like of Ali Farka Touré, Rokia Traore, is signed on World Circuit (Toumani Diabaté, Tony Allen...) . Ex-actress and singer, already work with Malian musician, Oumou Sangare. She has recently featured on Imagine Project and AfroCubism's Herbie Hancock, or guest appareance for Orchestre Poly-Rythmo's Cotton Club "Ou C'est Lui Ou C'est Moi".
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| Fatoumata Diawara |
Malian songstress Fatoumata Diawara is halfway through a bright career but already, she is getting global acknowledgment.
In the past year or so, she’s been praised as Africa’s next big female singing sensation. The cheers that have accompanied her day-in-day-out sterling performances have been loud.
From the Malian capital Bamako through the streets of England and Paris, she’s built a following – a cult one as such, who are helping her to live the Malian dream.
Some have said she is just about a fine talent waiting to explode – literally – while others have hailed her as the continent’s best newcomer in the year under review. It all works considering the fact that she’s not been idling around and soaking in the glory that has accompanied the years of struggle.
A talented artiste who started off as an actress (she still acts), Diawara is loved across the world for the simple reason that she does good music – the kind that knows no language, race, and colour.
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