Maimuna Amadu Murashko (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Diko; ; ; born 28 May 1980), known professionally as simply Maimuna, is a

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian violinist who represented Belarus in the

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along with

Uzari Yuri Naurotski (; ; born 11 May 1991 in Minsk), better known by his stage name Uzari (, ), is a Belarusian singer and songwriter. He represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with Maimuna with the song "Time". Previously, he compet ...

with the song "

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Early life

Maimuna was born in

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to a

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mother and a Malian father. When she was young, her family moved to

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, but being unable to adapt to the hot climate, Maimuna moved in with her grandmother in

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, where she was raised.

Career

1990–2013: early career

Maimuna has participated in several international competitions throughout her career such including the 1990 Young Virtuoso competition in

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and the 1996 Music of Hope competition.

2014–present: ''Eurovision Song Contest 2015''

On 5 December 2014, Maimuna was announced as one of the competitions in Eurofest 2015 along with

performing the song "

". Uzari and Maimuna won the competition with 76 points, placing third in the televote and first in three of the five jurors' scores. They represented Belarus at the

and Maimuna failed to pass semi final 1 in the contest. They finished 12th in semi-final 1.

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