Apr252024

Habib Koité

Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of Africa's most popular and recognized musicians. Habib Koité was born in 1958 in Thiès, a Senegalese town situated on the railway line connecting Dakar to the river Niger, where his father worked on the construction of the tracks. Six months after his birth, the Koité family returned to the regional capital of west Mali, Kayes, and then to Bamako. Habib comes from a noble line of Khassonké griots, traditional troubadors who provide wit Read more on Last.fm

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# Title Plays
1Wassiye
69917
2Sirata
31730
3Batoumambe
25226
4Nanale
22222
5Saramaya (Live)
21385
6Africa
20751
7Baro
16077
8Kanawa
15265
9We Don't Care
14703
10I Ka Barra (Your Work)
13040

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