Mory Kante
Mory Kante was born in Kissidougou, Faranah Region, Guinea on March 29th, 1950 and is the World Music Singer. At the age of 70, Mory Kante biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Mory Kanté (born 29 March 1950) is a Guinean singer and a harp player.
He is best known for his 1987 hit song "Yé yé ké," which reached number one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain.
The album, which was released in Akwaba Beach, was the best-selling African album of its time.
Early life
Kanté was born in Albadaria, French Guinea (a part of French West Africa at the time) on March 29, 1950. El Hadj Djeli Fodé Kanté's father, as well as his mother, Fatouma Kamissoko, was a singer. They were one of Guinea's best-known families of griot (hereditary) musicians. He was of mixed Malian and Guinean descent. He was taken to Mali at the age of seven years, where he learned to play the kora and basic voice traditions, some of which are essential to becoming a griot. He included elements of Islamic music in his writing as a Muslim.
Career
Kanté was born in 1971 and became a member of the Rail Band, in which Salif Keita was a singer. In 1973, Keta left the band, leaving Kanté as the singer.
He first performed "Yé ké yé ké," one of Africa's highest-ever selling hits, as well as being a European number one in 1988, making it Africa's first African single to sell over one million copies. It came from Akwaba Beach, South Africa, and was the best-selling African record of its time. Inch Allah," a pop hit "Yé yé ké," was also included on the album, as well as the pop hit "Inch Allah." The album also featured "Tama," which inspired two Indian Bollywood songs "Tamma" in Thanedaar (1990) and "Jumma Chumma" in Hum (1991), the latter film also starring another song "Ek Doosre Se" which was inspired by "Inch Allah."
Kanté's name was unexpectedly popular in 1994 when the German techno duo Hardfloor created a dance version of "Yéké Yéké." He appeared on "Narama," a British DJ, in 2006.
Kanté was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on October 16, 2001 (FAO). He was invited to speak at the FAO's Rome headquarters this year along with fellow singers Majida El Roumi, Gilberto Gil, and Albano Carrisi (both nominated as ambassadors).
Kanté was one of Africa's best musicians, including Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amadou & Mariam, and rapper Didier Awadi, who banded together for the release of "Africa Stop Ebola," a song that gave sound advice aimed at raising funds in the wake of the Ebola outbreak. The song, which was released in November 2014, outlasted public service announcements and sold 250,000 copies, with all proceeds going to medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).