Salif Keita & Cesaria Evora • Salif Keita - Yamore - version cut • 790 plays
Yamore by Salif Keita & Cesaria Evora
A beautiful and mesmerizing song by two very interesting and popular African artists.
Salif Keïta is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice of Africa, but because he has albinism and is a direct descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita. This royal heritage meant that under the Malian caste system, he should never have become a singer, which was deemed to be a griot’s role.
Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean popular singer. Nicknamed the “barefootdiva” for performing without shoes, Évora is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of “morna.”
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