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They had a very hard time in the beginning and it was really with the singer and composer and activist and music producer Manu Chao, who is Spanish but lives in France, that they recorded this album Dimanche à Bamako, Sundays in Bamako, which are the great days of wedding celebrations on the street.
They had a very hard time in the beginning and it was really with the singer and composer and activist and music producer Manu Chao, who is Spanish but lives in France, that they recorded this album Dimanche à Bamako, Sundays in Bamako, which are the great days of wedding celebrations on the street.
You can just walk down the streets of Bamako on a Sunday and there are canopies everywhere with giant loudspeakers and this wonderful music blaring out. So they celebrated that in their song Dimash Abba Makal, which I think was recorded in 2004. And then after that they became the iconic couple from Mali at a time when Malian music was really like the main kind of so-called world music.
You can just walk down the streets of Bamako on a Sunday and there are canopies everywhere with giant loudspeakers and this wonderful music blaring out. So they celebrated that in their song Dimash Abba Makal, which I think was recorded in 2004. And then after that they became the iconic couple from Mali at a time when Malian music was really like the main kind of so-called world music.
Everyone loved their music. It was very simple, very strong, very good lyrics. Lyrics of advice about being good neighbors, about not lying, about not betraying and about love. Love, that was such an important topic.
Everyone loved their music. It was very simple, very strong, very good lyrics. Lyrics of advice about being good neighbors, about not lying, about not betraying and about love. Love, that was such an important topic.
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