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Rokia Traore [1974-0]

Rank: 107
Musician, Singer-songwriter

Rokia Traoré is a Victoires de la Musique award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist, born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group. Her father was a diplomat and she travelled widely in her youth.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step.		101
We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.		102
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.	Attitude	103
A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.		104
Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music when I was a child.		105

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