Mamady Kouyate's MANDINGO AMBASSADORS

Mamady Kouyate and his Mandingo Ambassadors. Every Wednesday. Mamady Kouyate is one of Guinea's better known guitarist. The heir to a long line of griots, he was first taught by his father who was one of the first guinean griots to introduce the guitar. Kouyate senior specialized in transcribing traditional kora and balafon lines for the guitar and his son Mamady first made his mark as an electric guitarist in the 1970's in some of the national bands that were part of president Sékou Touré’s campaign of Authenticité - a movement that sought to create an afrocentric popluar sound. Kouyate eventually joined Guinea’s most famous export, The Bemb...