Maciré Sylla is a singer and dancer. Born in
Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
, the capital of
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
, but raised in Tayiré, a village in the north of Conakry.
Author and composer, Maciré sings mainly in
Soussou
The Susu people are a Mandé peoples, Mande-speaking ethnic group living primarily in Guinea and Northwestern Sierra Leone, particularly in Kambia District. and her style is inspired by
Mandingo,
Afropop
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop or Afro pop), like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. Many genres of po ...
,
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
music.
She has released five albums yet.
She sold 200 000 K7 of her first LP "Mariama" in Guinea which made her the "best Guinean female singer of year 1998.
Her song "Perenperen", from the album "Massa", was selected for Putumayo's compilation "African Party" (2008).
Biography
Discography
* ''Mariama'' (1996, Djembé Faré/Misslin)
* ''Maya Irafama'' (2001, Djembé Faré/Trace)
* ''Sarefi'' (2004, Ethnomad/Arion)
* ''Massa'' (2005, Djembé Faré/Nocturne)
* ''Talitha'' (2010, Djembé Faré/Disques Office)
References
External links
Official Website
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)