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The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President Hage Geingob who was then a Prime Minister. [ 1 ]
In December 2003 Suzanna won the prestigious Kora All African Music Award for both Best West African Female and Best African Female at an event watched by 600 million TV viewers worldwide. She was the first and until now only Cape Verdean artist to win this prestigious award, as well as the first and until now only Netherlands based artist.
Chidinma won Best Female West African Act at the 2012 Kora Awards and performed "Kedike" at the ceremony. [ 8 ] In May 2021, Chidinma revealed on Instagram that she made a transition to gospel music and is now engaged in Christian ministry .
In 1993, Ayuba was signed to Premier Music (Nigeria) before starting his first West Africa coast tour, performing in several African countries. [6] It was followed by his first US tour, also in 1993, during which Ayuba performed in over ten states, including the New Orleans Jazz Festival .
African Arts Magazine published Susan Pevar's recounting of the kora making process, and Sing Out! magazine published her article discussing the kora and its music, complete with a acetate recording of a Bai Konte performance. All of these educational materials, combined with multiple regional and national Television and radio feature programs ...
Seckou has made several significant contributions to kora music, firstly with developing his original kora tunings in 2002. "There are four basic traditional tunings," he explains, "which are linked to the different regions in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Mali where the kora is played.
He spent his childhood in a traditional Gambian village, in a household filled with kora music. Though his father was a master kora player, in griot tradition a father does not teach his own children the instrument. When Foday was nine, his father sent him to live with master kora teacher Sekou Suso in the village of Pasamasi, Wuli District.
Mamadou Diabaté (born 1975) [1] is a Malian musician known for his work with the kora.He began playing quite early in his life, became known as a musician in the area of Mali in which he lived, and has since moved to the United States, recording several albums.