Rokia Traoré

Date of birth

26 Jan 1974

52 years ago at Kolokani, Mali

Rokia Traoré is a Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Biography

She made six albums between 1998 and 2016. Bowmboï (2003) won the Critics Award category at the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2004 and Tchamantché (2008) won Victoires de la Musique World Music Album of the Year in 2009. Traoré won Best Artist in the Songlines Music Awards in 2009.

She is a member of the Bambara ethnic group.

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