Official website of renowned Malian singer Rokia Koné. The debut album BAMANAN is out now on all platforms. Rokia is a member of West African music collective Les Amazones d'Afrique.

“Kurunba tells the story of a particular woman who was freed from her isolation,” explains Rokia. “On the day of her daughter's wedding she sang this song, and the same...

Mar 21, 2022 · There are almost 11,000 miles between singer Rokia Koné and Grammy-award winning producer Jacknife Lee. There is the breadth of the Atlantic Ocean (and some of the Pacific, if we’re being particular) between the West African country of Mali and the shores of California: a continent’s worth of unfathomable divide.

Inspired by the turbulent events happening around her, Rokia delivered a profound vocal performance in a single take, just before the power was shut down and a curfew imposed on the city.

Bamanan is a collaborative studio album by Malian singer Rokia Koné and Irish producer Jacknife Lee. The album was released on 18 February 2022 by Real World Records. [1] The album was Koné's solo debut. [1] It was produced by Lee based on a …

Mar 20, 2025 · A stop-you-in-your-tracks voice instantly familiar to anyone in Mali, West Africa: Rokia Koné, a.k.a the Rose of Bamako. On her debut album, she teams up with California-based rock producer Jacknife Lee to reimagine the Malian sound in ways both leftfield and beautiful.

For her debut album, Koné might have been content with showing off that soulful instrument on a traditional repertoire of songs. Instead she’s teamed with Irish-born, California-based rock producer Jacknife Lee — and reimagined the Malian sound in ways leftfield and ground breaking.

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Feb 18, 2022 · Order the album BAMANAN on CD & Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/RW239---------------------------------Follow Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee: http://facebook.com/rokiako...

Feb 17, 2022 · “Bamanan” pairs Rokia Koné — a songwriter and singer from Mali who was a core member of the West African collective Les Amazones d’Afrique on their 2017 album “Republique Amazone” — with Garret...