Mama Diabaté

Mama Diabaté was a Guinean singer and multi-instrument musician.

Biography

Born in 1959 in Banian, Diabaté was a cousin of. She began her career in 1970 and played music with six traditional instruments: the bolon, the kora, the dunun, the dan, the balafon, the djembe, and the guitar. She held numerous concerts in Africa, Europe, and the United States and recorded several albums. In 2002, she recorded an album titled Donkili Diarabi with her sisters and Sayon Diabaté. After living in Sierra Leone for several years, she returned to Guinea in 2021 to release an album.
Mama Diabaté died in Conakry on 5 December 2023, at the age of 63.

Diabaté released three albums between 1993 and 1995.