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This is ace I'm fucking LOVING all these tunes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAmlJdnoLtQ
Mory Kanté (born http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_29 at the age of seven years – where he learned to play the kora, as well as important voice traditions, some of which are necessary to become a griot.
In 1971 Kanté became a member of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Band, in which Salif Keïta was a singer. Keïta left the band in 1973, leaving Kanté as the singer.
Kanté is best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yéké Yéké", which was one of Africa's best-ever selling hits as well as being a European Number One in 1988 making it the first ever African single to sell over one million copies. Kanté received unexpected notoriety in 1994 when the German techno duo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardfloor release "Narama".
Goodnight x