A native of Mali, Hadja Fanta Diabate; comes from the large Diabate family of the Mande griots.
Hadja Fanta Diabate; started music as autodidact. Gradually, she joined the world of culture and made friends with Pope Sene and Kora Dembele; then National Director of Cultural Action in Mali. Self-taught, her obsession with handling the guitar ended up paying. From then on, she cuts her way, begins composing her pieces and is quickly noticed thanks to the timbre of her voice which is out of the ordinary. She begins musical entertainment in various key locations in Bamako.
Her songs speak about the life and realities of today's world. Nowadays, her repertoire is beyond imagination as she has a multitude of original works under her arm. June 18, 2016 Hadja Fanta Diabate launches Toubani and Kanou, at her singles, at a press conference where journalists and public were conquered by her talent. A week after the official release of her singles, she was selected by a German organization during an audition whose purpose is to give a live show at the French Institute. Her project is to reveal to the world the cultural richness of Mali in its diversity but also to make her own emancipated music.
Quickly she started to be well known in the region and overseas, she plays in Haiti in 2017 and France in 2018. A part from her own solo project, she starts a collective project called The Warrior of Mande in 2017 with great success in Mali and Guinea.
Her new ALBUM, SABALY, is launched on 8 February 2019. "The Queen of Mandingue Rock" as per the saying of the Malian press, make us travel in her universe with a very emotional and rhythmic Album. "Sabaly" - the patience - for such a young dynamic woman!
Her unique African rock voice and style makes her the future great star of African music, according to the newspaper La Sirene.
A new production
Hadja Fanta Diabatè began a close collaboration with Luigi Panico for the production of her next album, which is under construction.
It is a 9-track concept album on the theme of the relationship between man and nature and intercultural dialogue.
The disc will be characterized by a strong contamination between traditional Malian music and post-modern electronic music, but always respecting tradition and culture.
While waiting to listen to the entire album, Nadja collaborated with Luigi Panico in the realization of the soundtrack of Francesca Stangoni's film "Kofi's dream", which has already won numerous international prizes and awards.
The song "Bako" can be listened to and purchased on all stores.
Here you can find it on Spotify
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