Sidiki Diabaté
Malian musician (born 1992)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sidiki Diabaté is a Malian kora player, singer, and music producer born in 1992 in Bamako. He is the son of kora player Toumani Diabaté and grandson of his namesake, Sidiki Diabaté.[1][2] Diabaté belongs to the 77th generation of musicians in a long family tradition of griots, his family being primarily kora players. His father's cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a griot family. His uncle Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a kora player. Since 2015, he has been a member of the musical collective Lamomali, led by Matthieu Chedid.
Diabaté was arrested on 24 September 2020 on the count of assault of an ex-girlfriend.[3]
Discography
- Toumani & Sidiki, with Toumani Diabaté (2014)
- Diabateba Music, Vol. 1 (2016)
- Lamomali, with -M- (2017)
- Béni (2019)
- Kora Lover (2024)