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Kali
Jean-Marc Monnerville, better known as Kali, was born in Fort-de-France on
February 21, 1956. Although his family included Gaston Monnerville, a former
French parliamentarian, Jean-Marc was drawn to music by his father, a musician
with the African Band in Paris. After arriving in France to study music, Kali, a
nickname he chose in homage to the cartoon Calimero, turned to percussion and
joined several bands. Fascinated by the Rastafari movement, he preferred reggae
to zouk, the predominant genre in the West Indies at the time. When dissension
led him to break away from the groups...
