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Fanta Damba

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Also known as La Grande Vedette Malienne

(Ségou, 1938) Malian singer and musician

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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Fanta Damba, and connects out to Mali, Ségou and Bambara.

It sits within the topics 1938 births, 20th-century Malian women singers and 21st-century Malian people.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Mali
Active from
1938

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
918
Total plays
4,470

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Fanta Damba (born in 1938 in Ségou) is a Malian jalimuso (Bambara female Griot-singer) known to her fans as La Grand Vedette Malienne. She began singing as a child, growing up in a family of musicians. She began recording in her early twenties with Radio Mali. In 1975, she became the first jalimuso to tour Europe solo. She retired from as a performer in 1985. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fanta+Damba">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Mali
Place of birth
Ségou
Occupation
bard
Languages spoken
French
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1938-01-01
start of work period
1985-00-00
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