Ali Farka Toure - M'baudy

[pdlyonspoetry]

one of the luckiest days of my music listening life was to find this double cd in a discount bin in dublin. for less than ten euro I found a rare thing a bit of pure magic

[museumbone]

Four years on and the red album never gets old for me. Love this guy.

[soussi9393]

Ali Farka Toure is Arma race, a mix of morrocan (when they take tombouctou) and songhay people !

[XxrihshaytigxX]

great artist.....really missed!!!!!!!!!

[Saheli9]

LOL.

For some people everything in the Sahel is Foulani or better Tuareg.

What a shame !!

[ish1986ful]

@Saheli9 do not say da man maybe u think so . thats not what u call shame u jalouse becaus they don mention your race anyway u being racist sorry about da

[Saheli9]

@ish1986ful

Race ?

i am soninké the same race as Fulanis .

You don't think so ??

[lightbulbsmile]

blues has its roots in african music. in america the roots of blues is found in slave music they'd sing in the fields. the slaves came from africa, get the connection?

[lovekachina]

its delightfullness is permeating my bad mood

[seedaripper1973]

Ditto, makes me smile...Never heard this(him) before? ive just started a search...sounds like african mixed with blues/bluegrass? god knows..but me likey:)

[Damnedsoul53]

WTF!!!

[VraiDiouf]

Amadou Toumani Touré was born in Mopti, a region with a high Songhai/Sonrai (Songhai and Sonrai are the same thing just different spellings) population. Nothing about his name is Fulani. Toumani sounds Mandé/Bambara, I think he is a Songhai, though I am not sure what ethnic group the president of Mali is.

[cowandchicken]

@VraiDiouf

Yeah "farka" means "donkey" in songhi/zarma, right?

[salamdemify]

@cowandchicken, stop disrespecting his name, please and focus on his works and what he did,

[cowandchicken]

@VraiDiouf Oh but he definitely does not sing in zarma- i have heard that he does sing in fulfulde- i really wouldnt know though

[VraiDiouf]

@cowandchicken that is not true, he does sing in Zarma, if you bought his CD "Savane" a few tracks are in Zarma (like the Soya track) this is because Zarma and Songhai language are the same language in itself. They are both Songhai languages one spoken in Niger and Nigeria the other spoken in Mali. Another name is Dendi which is spoken in Northern Benin as well. Yes, he sang in Fulfulde a lot which is Fulani language. Songhai and Zarma are 95% the same.

[ish1986ful]

@VraiDiouf whats is wrong with him being fulani if him himself doesnt like fulani people he ll not sing in their dialet .thanks

[VraiDiouf]

@ish1986ful Ali Farka not a Fulani, he could sing in Fulani language, he did not hate Fulani people, he loves us. A lot of his song in Fulani Maasinkooré dialect.

[daoudaniang]

brothers , ali farka was the best, i had collected all ali farka music, since my late 20 th now i'm 42 and every day you get a new from ali, like this one with bocar hamadoun farala

[kamatcho123]

At the risk of sounding ignorant, is Ali farka toure fulani? It founds a lot like fulde , especially the bit at the begining

[anak1]

Hi kamatcho123! The song itself is in Fulde, but Ali Farka himself was Songhai/Sonrai. Sorry for the late reply :)

[kamatcho123]

Cheers Anak1!

[janachan183]

I'm just learning about Ali, so I'm really intrested in him and his music. I really love the wayhe plays, i saw him on thirteen.

[daksoum2007]

why are u learning about ali?

[seedaripper1973]

i'm sorry but that me chuckle.. lULZ

[VraiDiouf]

Ali Farka Touré was a Songhai/Sonrai man, but he was born in Gouramatche and grew up in Niafunké, but regions have a lot of Fulani people inhabiting them. So Ali Farka Toure could speak Fulfude, Songhai, Tamasheq, Bambara, many languages actually, because of the diverse region he grew up in.

[kamatcho123]

thanks VraiDiouf.

[VraiDiouf]

You're welcome Kamatcho123

[Dindista]

Niafunké sounds sooo funky!! How could music form there not groove like ali's guitar..

[win7sony]

@VraiDiouf  its amazing how diverse the tribes are.....................and they say deserts are barren places

[VraiDiouf]

@win7sony yah I agree it's amazing how diverse the ethnic groups are in West Africa and other parts of Africa as well.

[bonzi16]

anak1 where can i get more of these songs???/

[anak1]

Heya bonzi16! Thanks for the comment. Due to his large fan-base in the West, most of Ali Farka Toure's albums can be found at music outlets in the UK and US. I remember finding this very album (Red&Green) at one of those large music stores (I think it was Zavvi/HMV) in the 'World Music' section. You could also buy and download them from the iTunes Store and other places online :)

[bonzi16]

Thanks anak1, i will check HMV if they got it.

[stevegale1948]

@anak1 I have found them on amazon in the UK.

[VraiDiouf]

I thank God that I have all of Ali Ibrahim Farka Toure's music. He was and is my hero, the example of what an African man should be. A giver that gives back to his people.

[mamohato]

i agree with you whole heartedly. im from southern africa and fell in love with his music when i was 20yrs old. later i found out about him as a man, as an african.