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Tata Diakité, born Fatoumata Diakité in 1976 in Madina Diassa in Wassoulou and died Error: Need valid birth date (second date): year, month, day in Bamako (Mali), is a Malian singer[1].
Biography edit
Fatoumata Diakité was born in 1976 in Madina Diassa.
In 1990, she was in Bamako and truly started doing music with one of her elder sisters, Djénéba Diakité, who hired her as a choir singer[2].
She worked for other singers like Ramata Diakité, Oumou Sangaré, Mamou Sidibé, Issa Bagayogo. In 1993, she co-founded with Dibé Saran (another chorus singer of Djénéba Diakité), the duo Saran & Tata with which they released Wary Be Mogo Samia, in 1996 under the label Maikano[2],[3]. This album was unsuccessful.
In 1998, at the request of Sorry Yattassaye of Kaarta Production, she recorded her first solo album Jolie. This was her first success with 30 000 cassettes légales. She is nicknamed « Jolie Diakité »[3],[2].
She traveled to France and the United States. Upon her return, she recorded the solo album Djama released on June 4, 2002, which sold 50 000 cassettes légales jusqu'en septembre 2007[3],[2].
While traveling for a concert on October 5, 2002, Tata Diakité was the victim of a grave accident. Hospitalised in Bamako, she died on January, 24 2003 as a result of injuries sustained in the accident[1]. In tribute to her, L’Album du souvenir came out ; it is a compilation of her best hits[4].
Discography edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Tata Diakité est décédée". africultures.com. February 2003. eISSN 2271-1732.
- ^ a b c d Nago Seck (30 March 2021). "Tata Diakité". www.afrisson.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.. Cite error: The named reference "as" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c Tata Diakite discography at Discogs.
- ^ "Tata Diakité". abidjan.net. Retrieved 25 July 2021..
External links edit
- Ressource relative à la musique :
- Discogs
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Malian women singers]]
[[Category:WikiProject Mali articles]]
[[Category:WikiProject Africa articles]]