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Fatoumata Diawara is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Afrikan Boy, Oumou Sangaré, Afrocubism, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. Those roots explain a lot about how Fatoumata Diawara arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Amadou & Mariam, Vieux Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Songhoy Blues and Samba Touré, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonaparte, Lauryn Hill, Gorillaz, Blick Bassy and Herbie Hancock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Fatoumata Diawara, reaching back through Afrikan Boy and forward to Bonaparte. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Fatoumata Diawara connections
Fatoumata Diawara grew out of Afrikan Boy, Oumou Sangaré, Afrocubism and Dee Dee Bridgewater, shares an orbit with Amadou & Mariam, Vieux Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté and Songhoy Blues, went on to shape Bonaparte, Lauryn Hill, Gorillaz and Blick Bassy. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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