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Discography

* ''MandinGroove'' (2003) * ''Sabaly'' (2008) * ''Guerrier'' (2013) * ''Timbuktu - The Music of Randy Weston'' (2018)

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* * * * * 1953 births Music arrangers 20th-century Malian male singers Living people Malian guitarists People from Ségou Fela Kuti Because Music artists 21st-century Malian male singers {{Africa-musician-stub

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