N'Faly Kouyate

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N'Faly Kouyate

voc, GN, Conakry
Singer / Musician of World, Electronic and Folk

N'Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. His father was the griot Konkoba Kabinet Kouyate, who lived in Siguiri, Guinea.In 1994 Kouyate moved to Belgium and formed the ensemble Dunyakan (The Voice of the World), featuring Michael A. Martone. In 1997, he was invited to join the Afro Celt Sound System providing vocals, playing the kora, and balafon, collaborating with the others in the band to compose songs that blended music from Ireland with that of West African countries including his native Guinea.

Instruments

Vocals
Xylophone
Drums
Percussion

Genres

World
Electronic
Folk
Rock
Dance

Plays With

Afro Celt Sound System

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Change	N'Faly Kouyate	2015	Album
Tunya	N'Faly Kouyate	2008	Album
Diama Dén	Urban Trad Featuring N'Faly Kouyate	2006	Single
Kora Grooves From West Africa	N'Faly Kouyate	2004	Album

External Links

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Facebook

Discogs

iTunes

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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