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Note: some videos not suitable for minors may still appear in search results.Please login to add to favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.J'en ai les larmes aux yeux, l'afrique me manque, merci pour ce doux souvenir...Ooh if I only could understand the words, what a wonderful voices, what soulful song...!Africa that is wonderful and peaceful...!Salif Keita est un vrai artiste, j'adore sa musique.Note: some videos not suitable for minors may still appear in search results.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Please login to add to your playlists.Please login to add to flag a video.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.Don't run out of tears now pal.TomorrowSalif Keita's voice is one ...TomorrowSalif Keita's voice is one other mortals can only aspire to.Given Salif Keita's incredible talent, it was inevitable that one day music would take him back to his homeland, despite the hardships he once faced there.Recently, that inevitability came to pass.Keita returned home to record his latest release, M'Bemba, in Bamako in the studio he had built by the River Niger.As an albino, Keita once was disowned by his own father; as a musician, he was rejected by the aristocracy of his own caste; and as a man with ambition, he had no choice but to leave a country that offered no professional perspectives.Keita's career has led him on a wandering path, through Abidjan, New York and Paris."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.Salif Keita, born in 1949 in Djoliba, is sometimes called the Golden Voice of Africa.In 1973 he left the Rail Band along with Kante Manfila (guitarist, composer, and leader of the band) to join Les Ambassadeurs.In return, Keita composed Mandjou, telling the history of the Mali people and praising Sekou Toure.This hauntingly beautiful song features Keita's typical sound of guitar, organ, and sax.Abidjan, capitol of Cote D'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), the other members of the band followed suit and they changed the name of the band to Les Ambassadeurs Internationales.By 1984 Keita had relocated to Paris in order to reach a wider, more European audience, where he joined other African stars like Mory Kante, Toure Kunda, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Ray Lema, Papa Wemba, and Manu Dibango among many others.Biography: Salif Keita gave up a lot to pursue his dreams of a career in music."Salif Keita: THE MANSA OF MALI...But his path was not
an easy one.Salif Keita at the hotel's Cafe.He already had two interviews with TV reporters.In Amen, your voice was pure fire.But in Folon, Salif is mellow.Are you changing direction, the way you do music?Folon is different (laughs loudly)...But other times, you speak from
the heart.More and more people in Europe and North
America are listening to your music.SK : Could you repeat the question?OO : Your music is slowly gaining attention around the world.They say, Salif is a great singer.No, music is the name
for everybody.If it comes from your heart, people will love it because everyone has a heart
too.If it makes them feel spiritual, then I have succeeded.OO : You know, the other day I was talking with some fans of Salif Keita.SK : They want more disc?SK : I am sorry, but that's the truth.OO : You started almost thirty years ago with the Rail Band of Bamako before moving on to
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel.How do you feel you have
changed as a person?SK : You know the life of a musician is like an egg.You understand what I mean.OO : There is some change
SK: A lot of change because you meet people.You recently lost your father.What is your view on that?My father did many positive things for me.He helped me with my life.When he died, what
could I do?SK : It was very difficult for me to accept his death.But the one thing I feel now is the
responsibility toward my family.When it comes to my family, I have my work cut out
for me.OO : He was blessed with a son, you.But you were different, you are an albino.He stayed with you even though you were different from other children.SK : My father was confused in the beginning when I was still a baby.He did not know what
to do with an albino.This, by the way, is a great trend.It is tough and you can music all your life and still die with nothing.Nobody can do anything
about it.The governments are not interested in stopping these illegal trades of pirated music.OO : Are you working to help change that in any way?Only the governments, but they don't care.The people of Mali are happy to see me and I love them.They try to destroy me every chance they
get.After all, I am living for everybody, not for my country alone.OO: So, you have become a world citizen at home in South Africa, Uganda or in
Mozambique.That's why I put her picture on the cover.The reason being that "Folon" means the past, it is
about the past.This was going back to the past.You see Africa, but what is it?They don't care about money.SK: Ahh can you repeat the question?OO: In the old African society people never cared about money, a big house or car.How can we stop this rapid change?And with business, nothing happens without
money changing hands.SK: The African community in France is a big one.But life there is dictated by business.Everything else is strictly business.OO: You have collaborated with Manu Dibango in the past.SK: Yes, Manu Dibango is our elder.OO: Where does Salif Keita go from here?What will you doing ten years from now?SK: Ten years from now?OO: (in French) What direction will you take in your career ten years from now?SK: The best way will be to carry on as an artist helping people through music and through
other projects.Not just for Mali, but
for everybody.SK: Yes, he is a big man.Do you identify with him because you are also a
storyteller?SK: Yes, we work the same way.SK: Yeah, yeah, he is a big personality.OO: Well, this has been really wonderful.And I hope that one day your country (Uganda) will be peaceful.SK: Yes, for all of Africa.Salif adjusts his black cap, speaks for a moment with his manager Philippe and then he is
gone for another interview.Opiyo Oloya lives in Toronto, writes the African music column AfroDisc and hosts the radio program Karibuni.All material on RootsWorld is copyright controlled by the artists or writers.
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