Brigadier General James Monroe Williams

Sidiki Diabaté is a Malian kora player, singer, and music producer born in 1992 in Bamako. He is the son of kora player Toumani Diabaté and grandson of his namesake, Sidiki Diabaté.[1][2] Diabaté belongs to the 77th generation of musicians in a long family tradition of griots, his family being primarily kora players. His father's cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a griot family. His uncle Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a kora player.

Diabaté was arrested on 24 September 2020 on the count of assault of an ex-girlfriend.[3]

Discography

  • Toumani & Sidiki, with Toumani Diabaté (2014)
  • Diabateba Music, Vol. 1 (2016)
  • Lamomali, with -M- (2017)
  • Béni (2019)

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