Bouba Sacko

Bouba Sacko was a Malian contemporary guitarist.^[1]^[2]

Biography

When Sacko started playing guitar in the 1960s, the concept of "artist guitarist" barely existed. Only griot artists must sing, dance or play guitariste in Mali. He wasn't a griot, but he changed this rule. He was one of the first nobles to play guitar. The famed praise musicians of West Africa's Mande people mostly worked with the Kora (21-string harp), Ngoni (spike lute) and wooden-slatted Balafon. Bouba's father, Ibrahim Sacko, was the director of the state-sponsored Instrumental Ensemble of Mali, so the traditional repertoire and lore of Mande griot heritage surrounded him from the start. Either way, Sacko stuck with the guitar, developing a powerful capacity to evoke traditional instruments using his axe. He died on December 26, 2011.

References

^ Bouba Sacko Archived January 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, National Geographic, accessed December 2010
^ "Le monde des artistes en deuil : Bouba Sacko, époux de feue Djéssira Koné, n'est plus | maliweb.net".

External links

The Official Blog of Afropop Worldwide: Remembering Bouba Sacko

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[1] Bouba Sacko Archived January 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, National Geographic, accessed December 2010

[2] "Le monde des artistes en deuil : Bouba Sacko, époux de feue Djéssira Koné, n'est plus | maliweb.net".

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