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Fatoumata Diawara

One of the most highly rated modern African singer-songwriters for her inventive style and fearless approach, Fatoumata Diawara was originally a child actor. Born on 21 February 1982 in Ouragahio on the Ivory Coast to Malian parents, she is one of eleven children and was sent to live with an aunt in Bamako, Mali at the age of nine. Her initial passion was acting and after early stardom in Mali, she defied her family and ran away to France in her teens to pursue her acting career with the Royal de Luxe theatre company. It was in Paris that her instinct for music took over and she ...
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