Kante Manfila

Kante Manfila
Born: Jan 1, 1947
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Biography: Manfila was born into a jali family and played balafon and guitar as a child. He joined Les Ballets Africains, moved to Bamako during the '60s and joined the Rail Band, which featured Salif Keita and Mory Kante at the time. He and Keita moved over to Les Ambassadeurs in the early '70s, beginning a fruitful ...Read full biography
Kankan Blues
Released: 1991
Label: P.A.M.
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This is a stunning record. Ace Afro-Frankfurter Gunter Gretz went to Manfila's hometown of Kankan and recorded him and various relatives, including balafonist Balla Balla. As you'd expect of a family of ...Read full review
Diniya
Released: 1990
Label: Disques esperance
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Diniya is OK, as is Soro and many other Afro-Parisian productions since the "world music" boom. Not a patch on Manfila's older recordings: far too much hit-hunting paraphernalia, from Synclavier to synth ...Read full review
More Kante Manfila albums: Main Albums (7)
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