Top Habib Koite Albums
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Kharifa
Kharifa
[2018]
Soo
Soo
[2014]
Afriki
Afriki
[2007]
Related Information for Habib Koite
Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of Africa's most popular and recognized musicians. Habib Koité was born in 1958 in Thiès, a Senegalese town situated on the railway line connecting Dakar to the river Niger, where his father worked on the construction of the tracks. Six months after his birth, the Koité family returned to the regional capital of west Mali, Kayes, and then to Bamako. Habib comes from a noble line of Khassonké griots, traditional troubadors who provide wit, wisdom and musical entertainment at social gatherings and special events. Habib grew up surrounded by seventeen brothers and sisters, and developed his unique guitar style accompanying his griot mother. He inherited his passion for music from his paternal grandfathe... read more
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