Sekouba Bambino Diabate and his formidable voice celebrate his 15th year as a solo artist on his CD 15e Anniversaire. Both of Sekouba’s parents were griots - hereditary musicians - in Guinea, although ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. In his youth a stalwart of Guinea’s celebrated group Bembeya Jazz, Sékouba Diabaté (Bambino is a stage ...

It was literally poetic justice when West African music legend Sekouba Bambino escaped the Radisson Blu in Mali and gave the police key intel on the religious extremists who attacked the hotel, took ...

Luanda — The Alliance Française in Luanda organises on 6-8 April, in this city, concerts with the musician Sékouba Bambino, one of the best voices from Guninea-Conacry and west Africa. According to a ...

Among the many artists at this year’s Visa for Music in Rabat, a fair for music professionals from across Africa and the Middle East, was Guinea’s Sekouba Bambino, one of West Africa’s most popular… ...

Sekouba Bambino Diabate, a prominent musician from Guinea Conakry has sent a condolence message to President Jammeh on the demise of the former director general of the Gambia Radio and Television ...

At least three people have been killed by armed jihadists 'speaking English' after they stormed a luxury hotel in Mali, it is reported. At least 170 people were taken hostage, with 138 still being ...

One of my favorite African singers helped authorities find the people responsible for the recent attacks in Bamako, Mali. Sekouba Bambino has been a lead singer in both the powerhouse Guinean band ...

Guinean singer SEKOUBA BAMBINO, as Sekouba Bambino Diabate is now known, was born into music - his father and mother were outstanding singers, but his father, who had become the CEO of a transport ...

Sekouba 'Bambino' Diabate, from Guinea, arrived at the hotel in Bamako at 2am today with his musicians ahead of a concert tomorrow night. He told Le Monde Afrique: "From my room on the fourth floor I ...